Difference between revisions of "Open a console"

Revision as of 03:57, 28 September 2011

Superb information here, ol'e chap; keep bruning the midnight oil.

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-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''.
+Superb information here, ol'e chap; keep bruning the midnight oil.
-[[Image:Snapshot-xterm.png]]
-''Pictured: An ''xterm'' console on a computer named ''tweedleburg