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| + | <metadesc>How to open a console in Linux in all distributions, desktop environments, window managers and so on.</metadesc> | ||
A console allows you to issue commands via the keyboard that will be executed by the computer. The theoretical background is very well explained on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_interface wikipedia]. When asking for help e.g. in [[irc]] forums, it is very common that you will be asked to open a console. You can do this by pressing ALT_F2 and then typing <tt>xterm</tt> and ''enter''. If xterm does not work, try <tt>gnome-terminal</tt>. | A console allows you to issue commands via the keyboard that will be executed by the computer. The theoretical background is very well explained on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_line_interface wikipedia]. When asking for help e.g. in [[irc]] forums, it is very common that you will be asked to open a console. You can do this by pressing ALT_F2 and then typing <tt>xterm</tt> and ''enter''. If xterm does not work, try <tt>gnome-terminal</tt>. | ||
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''Pictured: An ''xterm'' console on a computer named ''tweedleburg | ''Pictured: An ''xterm'' console on a computer named ''tweedleburg | ||
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| + | Let's look at a typical example in text form. Hover over the text to see what is what: | ||
| + | <abbr title="prompt including the computer's name">tweedleburg:~ # </abbr><abbr title="example input">uname -a</abbr> | ||
| + | <abbr title="example output">Linux tweedleburg 3.4.42-2.28-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 29 09:18:32 UTC 2013 (a7a14eb) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</abbr> | ||
= See also = | = See also = | ||
* [[distribution differences]] | * [[distribution differences]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:21, 15 December 2014
A console allows you to issue commands via the keyboard that will be executed by the computer. The theoretical background is very well explained on wikipedia. When asking for help e.g. in irc forums, it is very common that you will be asked to open a console. You can do this by pressing ALT_F2 and then typing xterm and enter. If xterm does not work, try gnome-terminal.
Pictured: An xterm console on a computer named tweedleburg
Let's look at a typical example in text form. Hover over the text to see what is what:
tweedleburg:~ # uname -a Linux tweedleburg 3.4.42-2.28-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 29 09:18:32 UTC 2013 (a7a14eb) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
