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Using Raspberry Pi GUI without mouse may not be an easy job, but there are some shortcuts that will allow you to get to some key features. At least you can open Run dialog with an keyboard shortcut, and type your commands there.

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3	Alt + F2	Run dialog
-1	Ctrl + Esc	System menu
-7	Alt + Space	Open program menu
5	Alt + Tab	Switch between programs
1	Alt + A - Z	(press underlined letter) Access dropdown
1	Alt + F11	Make active window fullscreen
3	Ctrl + Q	Close window
6	Ctrl + Alt + Backspace	Back to CLI

Type "lxterminal" to get the terminal window open
Type "midori" for a web browser (use tab to move focus between links/buttons)
Type "idle" to get a python interpreter/dev environment up
Type "sudo shutdown 0" for a clean exit before yanking out the power cable
For more commands, take a look at here. There is also a good command cheatsheet in this page.

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Program name: Raspbian Raspbian (General)

Raspbian is operating system of mini-computer Raspberry Pi. Since 2015, it is provided officially by Raspberry Pi Foundation as the primary operating system of Raspberry Pi computers. It is highly optimized for low performance ARM CPUs and still under active development.

Web page: raspberrypi.org/downloads/rasp...

Last update: 3/31/2025 10:26 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 65%

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