{"id":10599,"date":"2025-01-22T11:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T11:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/docs\/categories\/client-support\/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T07:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:03:16","slug":"take-screenshot-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/docs\/categories\/client-support\/take-screenshot-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Take a Screenshot on Linux?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10599\" class=\"elementor elementor-10599\" data-elementor-post-type=\"docs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c459973 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c459973\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de7b4a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de7b4a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taking a screenshot on Linux depends on the desktop environment or tools you prefer. Here are some common methods:<\/p><ol><li><p><strong>Using Keyboard Shortcuts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Print Screen (PrtSc):<\/strong> Takes a screenshot of the entire screen.<\/li><li><strong>Alt + Print Screen:<\/strong> Captures the active window.<\/li><li><strong>Shift + Print Screen:<\/strong> Lets you select a specific area to capture.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>Using Screenshot Tools (Pre-installed):<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>GNOME:<\/strong> Use the <strong>&#8220;Screenshots&#8221;<\/strong> app or press the shortcuts above.<\/li><li><strong>KDE Plasma:<\/strong> Use <strong>Spectacle<\/strong>, accessible from the menu or by pressing <strong>PrtSc<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><p><strong>Using Third-Party Tools:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Flameshot:<\/strong> A customizable screenshot tool with annotation features.<\/li><li><strong>Shutter:<\/strong> A feature-rich screenshot tool. Install using your package manager.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a screenshot on Linux depends on the desktop environment or tools you prefer. Here are some common methods: Using Keyboard Shortcuts: Print Screen (PrtSc): Takes a screenshot of the entire screen. Alt + Print Screen: Captures the active window. Shift + Print Screen: Lets you select a specific area to capture. Using Screenshot Tools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9507,"menu_order":72,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10599","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10599"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10612,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10599\/revisions\/10612"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcore.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=10599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}