Public bug reported:
Ctrl+Alt+Bksp forcibly kills the X server. This is a good key combo for
an operation that causes you to lose all your work because it is hard to
hit by mistake.
But... Ubuntu maps Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow and Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow to
switching workspaces. That means that Ctrl+Alt is pressed frequently in
normal use, so Ctrl+Alt+Bksp becomes a *single key* mistake rather than
a 3 key mistake.
Ctrl+Alt+Bksp has been the standard "forcibly kill the X server" combo
basically forever, so that can't really change. But that does mean that
Ctrl+Alt is basically taken as the exceptional key combo, and shouldn't
be used for anything normal (like workspace switching).
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[Data Loss] Ctrl+Alt for switching workspaces is a bad choice.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/184911
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