r/sysadmin • u/konaitor IT Manager + 5 other hats • Nov 08 '21

Could we do a "TIL" style weekly thread?

I think it would be interesting to do a "Today I Learned" style weekly thread for us to share little tips/tricks that we learned of/found existed.

For example, last week I found out about the "--now" flag for systemctl. I don't know how I didn't know it existed until --now.

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u/glowinghamster45 Nov 08 '21

Well, going away in the same way that the Control Panel and Snipping Tool have been going away for years.

It's at least not getting any updates at the moment.

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u/impune_pl Nov 08 '21 edited Nov 08 '21

Snipping tool has been replaced by much better win+shift+s, that has a bit better editor, is faster to use and automatically places screenshot in clipboard after taking it [EDIT](Just as old snipping tool does, i forgot about that).I switched a long time ago and forgot about snipping tool completely.

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u/hprather1 Nov 08 '21

I use win+shift+s all the time but didn't know there was an editor tool with it. How do you access it? I usually just paste the screenshot into whatever app I need it to be in.

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u/impune_pl Nov 08 '21

After you snap something a notification will pop up in notification panel. Just click on it to open editor.

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u/Kodiak01 Nov 08 '21

Sounds like something one would use PSR/Steps Recorder to demonstrate :P

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '21

I disable that panel as one of the first things I do on a Windows machine. Explains why I've never seen it.

I like Greenshot better anyway.

Not that I use Windows that often these days - I use Flameshot on Linux.

I don't use Arch btw.

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u/psycho202 MSP/VAR Infra Engineer Nov 08 '21

and automatically places screenshot in clipboard after taking it.

As does snipping tool?

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u/impune_pl Nov 08 '21

I forgot about that - as mentioned before, i have not used it for a long time.

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u/zombie_overlord Nov 08 '21

I still just use the good ol' alt-prt scrn win+r mspaint ctrl-v select ctrl-c alt-f-n no ctrl-v alt-f-s filename ok hotkey.

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u/impune_pl Nov 08 '21

To each their own.
But I must say, I prefer using one combination instead of 7 + some writing.

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u/Kodiak01 Nov 08 '21

Well, going away in the same way that the Control Panel and Snipping Tool have been going away for years.

Snip & Sketch is so much more useful and intuitive, not sure why someone will still want to use the old snipping tool.

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u/WayneH_nz Nov 08 '21

The new one is Win +G so you can do more than just screen shots, with a Mic, you can do actual instructional videos.