[Malvern] Re: First steps with Linux

[Richard Forster]

An alternative alternative is to press alt-f2 which will display a run
menu (like win-r in windows). At the run menu type xterm. It remembers
what you ran previously so the next time you need a terminal[1] use
alt-f2 then the down/up arrow keys to go through the list of previously
ran programs. 
xterm is not the default terminal in redhat, it uses gnome-terminal
(though xterm will still be installed).


Rick

[1] If you are very new to this you may not know 'terminal' and 'command
line' mean pretty much the same thing. Apologies if you know this.


On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 21:54 +0100, Chris Eilbeck wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:39:21PM +0100, Roy M wrote:
> > Angus,  - Or some one else maybe!
> > Perhaps you can tell me.
> > 
> > How does one get to the command line in Linux ?
> > 
> > I have Redhat 9.
> > It boots up to a desktop similar to Ms.
> > If you need to show me I'm only in Bromyard, not far away from you.
> 
> If you bring up the menu and look under System or Utilities or something
> like that you'll find "Terminal" or "Konsole" or "Xterm".  Click on one
> of those and you'll get a terminal window.  Alternatively you can put
> ctrl-alt-f1 to get you to a text login screen.  Alt-F7 will get you back
> into your windowing system.
> 
> Chris