Solved snapshot in Debian 12

[Teklehaimanot]

Hi everyone,

I am struggling to take screen snapshots from my computer with Debian 12 operating system. Does any one know how to take snapshot ? if there is any keyboard shortcut to do this task.

Thank you for helping.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Hi, which desktop are you using?

 

[Brickwizard]

I am struggling to take screen snapshots from my computer with Debian 12 operating system

Prt [print] screen button that should work if not try Alt+ prt screen

there is usualy a screen print app on the main menu under all applications

 

[Condobloke]

Have a look on your system for Flameshot

it works wonders.

 

[f33dm3bits]

Do you mean snapshot or screenshot?

 

[kc1di]

If you are using KDE then Spectacle works well. Gnome should have a similar app but not sure the name.
If your talking about a snapshot of the system, install time shift.

sudo apt install timeshift

In Gnome you can follow this article.

Using GNOME Screenshot Tool in Linux Like a Pro

There are several screenshot tools available for Linux. I prefer using Flameshot for screenshots and Shutter for editing the existing screenshots. But Flameshot doesn’t work with 4K screens, unfortunately. And hence I had to resort back to the default GNOME screenshot tool which works...

itsfoss.com

Other Desktops have their own tools.

 

[Teklehaimanot]

Thank you very much. I found the screeshot in the system application. It works well.

 

[Teklehaimanot]

Have a look on your system for Flameshot

it works wonders.

Thank you. I have not found Flameshot but the screenshot app works well as well.

 

[Teklehaimanot]

If you are using KDE then Spectacle works well. Gnome should have a similar app but not sure the name.
If your talking about a snapshot of the system, install time shift.

sudo apt install timeshift

In Gnome you can follow this article.

Other Desktops have their own tools.

Thank you. What does timeshift do?

 

[f33dm3bits]

Do you mean snapshot or screenshot?

Thank you very much. I found the screeshot in the system application. It works well.

So you meant screenshot application.

 

[Teklehaimanot]

Do you mean snapshot or screenshot?

I mean snapshot.

 

[Teklehaimanot]

So you meant screenshot application.

I think so, I think could not differentiate between screenshot and snapshot for me seems same. Basically, what I want is to take a picture from opened file or website and save it in a word document.

 

[f33dm3bits]

I mean snapshot.

You meant screenshot.

Thank you. I have not found Flameshot but the screenshot app works well as well.

Because you are referring to a screenshot app here. Screenshot and snapshot are not the same, screenshot is making a picture of your screen/desktop, some people call it a screen grab. Snapshot is when you create a a copy of your system or a filesystem so that you can reverse it to that point in time, when it comes to a your entire system it can be done with applications such as Timeshift or Btrfs-assistent/snapper. And when you do it just for a filesystem it can be done with an lvm setup using and lvm snapshot.

 

[Teklehaimanot]

You meant screenshot.

Because you are referring to a screenshot app here. Screenshot and snapshot are not the same, screenshot is making a picture of your screen/desktop, some people call it a screen grab. Snapshot is when you create a a copy of your system or a filesystem so that you can reverse it to that point in time, when it comes to a your entire system it can be done with applications such as Timeshift or Btrfs-assistent/snapper. And when you do it just for a filesystem it can be done with an lvm setup using and lvm snapshot.

Thank you very much for explaining! appreciate that.

 

[Teklehaimanot]

Hi, which desktop are you using?

My system is Debian 12 and I am new to linux and learn along the way.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

My system is Debian 12 and I am new to linux and learn along the way.

Thanks for sharing your distro info, examples of desktop environments are KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE etc.
Which one of DE (Desktop Environments) do you use?

Depending on this you can be suggested a screenshot program

 

[Teklehaimanot]

Thanks for sharing your distro info, examples of desktop environments are KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE etc.
Which one of DE (Desktop Environments) do you use?

Depending on this you can be suggested a screenshot program

I see, I did not know about this, learned it from you now. I checked it and my desktop environment is XFCE.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

I see, I did not know about this, learned it from you now. I checked it and my desktop environment is XFCE.

For XFCE there is program called "xfce4-screenshooter":

apps:screenshooter:start [Xfce Docs]

docs.xfce.org

To install it on Debian open up terminal and run these 2 commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install xfce4-screenshooter

If your account is root account (most likely isn't) you can omit sudo part.

 

[Teklehaimanot]

Thank you very much! I did it.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Thank you very much! I did it.

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