Add screen actions with Brightside

Linux only: Open-source app Brightside adds reactivity to the corners and edges of your screen (in Gnome) so you can execute commands using only the mouse.

Brightside offers a combination of the functionality of Mac OS X apps, VirtueDesktops and Active Screen Corners. Almost exactly the way Active Screen Corners allows you to attach custom commands to your mouse gestures in Mac OS X, Brightside brings this awesome feature to Linux.

Softpedia does an excellent job detailing Brightside's functionality:

Brightside provides 'edge flipping' to allow you to switch to the adjacent workspace simply by pressing your mouse against the edge of the screen. Brightside also allows you to assign configurable actions to occur while you rest the mouse in a corner of the screen.

Ubuntu users can download Brightside out of the repositories with the following command:

sudo apt-get install brightside

Debian users can grab a Debian version, and all other distros can head to Softpedia to get a generic version of Brightside (a free download). — Kyle Pott

Brightside Debian versions [Debian.org]
Brightside generic version [Softpedia]
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Ctrl-Alt-Del in Ubuntu + Beryl

For those who is running Ubuntu, there’s a package in automatix that allows you you bring up Gnome System Monitor with Ctrl-Alt-Del but since I got Beryl… that doesn’t work. I googled but can’t find anything. It took me a while sniffing around beryl manager but I finally found it.

Here’s how:

1. In the Beryl settings under “General Options”.
2. Select “General Options” > “commands” tab.
3. Expand any of the commands(0-11). Your choice.
4. In the “Command line X” field, type (where X is your choice whatever)

gnome-system-monitor

5. Now select the “Shortcuts” tab.
6. Expand “Commands”
7. Dbl-Click on “Run command X”
8. Now just assign Ctrl-Alt-Del to that. Or just any shortcut of your choice.

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