tech291083 Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 hi, i have just installed Mandriva Linux LE 2005 and i m in the process of learning as much as i can about linux. Can any one please explain to me as what the Terminals are for? In Mandriva i can see many of them like CRXvt GBRXvt JRXvt KRXvt RXvt KTerm Konsole which one i can use as to write commands just like the command prompt in windows. thanks. [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 You can use all terminals for writing commands, the default is bash, which is the one marked as "konsole". Each terminal is different in some ways or another. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure in what respects, as I only use bash. But I'm sure someone could explain the differences that I'm unable to, I'd have to read up on it to find out more. This you can use very much like the command prompt in Windows, for copy commands using cp, moving files with mv, and other such commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilia_kr Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 I'm using Gnome terminal which is very similar to Konsole (i think Konsole is the default for KDE). Both are easy to customize and have a nice look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 Eterm is also customizable and has a nice look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 bash is the actual shell that is used. all of the programs you've mentioned are actually "terminal emulators", they are programs which give you access to a terminal/console. once in the terminal/console, you are given a prompt and are in the bash shell which is also called the command line. there are various different shells with different features but bash is the most popular. all the programs mentioned are just different ways of accessing the command line and have different features. some you can change the background color or use an image as a background, others have a menu bar which you can access to change settings, but in the end they give you a commaind line (in this case a bash shell) to run commands on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 I stand corrected :P I'll try to remember..... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jza Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) You can use all terminals for writing commands, the default is bash, which is the one marked as "konsole". Each terminal is different in some ways or another. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure in what respects, as I only use bash. But I'm sure someone could explain the differences that I'm unable to, I'd have to read up on it to find out more. This you can use very much like the command prompt in Windows, for copy commands using cp, moving files with mv, and other such commands. I thnk you are confusing terminals with sells with commands. Bash is a shell terminal is a program that contains a command line interface and a command are small programs that you can install and run. Terminal apps include: Xterm Eterm Konsole GTerminal Shells there are: BASH ASH CSH KornShell And commands: ls, mv, cp, dir, traceroute, cut, etc. Edited June 17, 2006 by Jza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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