Review: Shutter - Screenshot tool and Linux's answer to Snagit

It can be a daunting task if you are a Windows user looking to make the big switch to Linux.  Often, you'll have a favorite tool or utility that you're comfortable with, it "fits you like a glove" so to speak.  Linux has all the major applications covered, Evolution for Outlook, Pidgin for Instant Messaging Clients, OpenOffice for Microsoft Office and etc.  Often I find where Linux apps are missing is those more fringe applications, the "one-offs".  One of my co-workers uses a program called Snagit, its an advanced Screenshot program which gives you more features than the standard "Print Screen" type capture.  He couldn't believe that there was a comparable Linux program.  Introducing, Shutter.

Magic SysRq Key

I'll be honest, I've been a Linux user for almost 10 years now and when someone asked me about the "Magic SysRq Key" (ALT+SYSRQ+<another key>) I was stumped.  In all my years as an Enterprise Linux Support, I'd never come across it before.