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hi everyone
I'm using ubuntu and i was wondering if there's a way to do print screen like in windows ?

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As originally asked and as noted, Ubuntu offers several built‑in and third‑party ways to do a “Print Screen.” Short cheat sheet (GNOME defaults): PrtSc — whole screen; Alt+PrtSc — active window; Shift+PrtSc — select an area; add Ctrl to any of those to copy to the clipboard instead of saving. By default GNOME saves captures in ~/Pictures with names that start “Screenshot”. (help.gnome.org)

For quick command‑line control use gnome-screenshot (works on X11 and via the GNOME interface where supported). Common examples:

# select area and copy to clipboard
gnome-screenshot -a -c

# capture active window to a file
gnome-screenshot -w -f ~/Pictures/window.png

# 5 second delay then save
gnome-screenshot -d 5 -f ~/Pictures/delayed.png

See the gnome‑screenshot manual for other flags and options. (manpages.ubuntu.com)

When annotation, in‑capture editing, or easy uploading is wanted, use Flameshot (sudo apt install flameshot) and bind flameshot gui to the Print Screen key in Settings → Keyboard → Custom Shortcuts (remove or reassign the default screenshot binding first). Flameshot offers a GUI for drawing, text, and quick uploads. (flameshot.org)

Wayland note and quick troubleshooting: modern Ubuntu often runs Wayland by default; some older X11 tools (and some third‑party apps) have limited functionality under Wayland. For Wayland-native scripting on tiling compositors use grim + slurp (and tools like swappy for annotation). If Print Screen does nothing, check the Keyboard Shortcuts panel, whether the key needs an Fn toggle, and any conflicting custom bindings. (github.com)

Summary: use the Print Screen keys for the quickest captures, gnome-screenshot for simple scripting, Flameshot for annotation/sharing, and grim+slurp on Wayland when native support is required.

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Thanks alot

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