tips for ubuntu on vmware

search text in files: grep -nr 'text'  dir

show the desktop:  ctrl+alt+d

set shortcut, system->preferences->keyboard shotcuts

change  the file permission: chmod [a+x] file

 

vim, press i to enter ('insert' | 'edit') mode, press 'esc' to command mode.

 

[A].about high resolution, the whole desktop cannot show on a display!

[B] install vmware tools. you should wait  'a big while', system will download and load the vmware tool compressed files(size > 100m) into the cdrom, follow the readme on the root dir of cdrom, press enter through the installment, then choose the preferred screen resolution. reboot the visual ubuntu.