Opening a Terminal Window (Shell Prompt)
Both GNOME and KDE offer quick launch buttons on their panels to open a terminal window, also referred to as a shell prompt. While this manual focuses on performing task using the graphical interface and graphical tools, it is sometime useful and faster to perform tasks from a shell prompt. Refer to Chapter 11 for more details.
On the GNOME panel, the button that launches a shell prompt looks
like
.
You can also open a shell prompt in GNOME by selecting GNOME Main Menu => Programs => System => GNOME Terminal.
Similar to GNOME, the KDE panel prominently features a quick launch
button for a shell prompt. The launcher looks like
.
You can also open a shell prompt in KDE by selecting KDE Main Menu => System => Shell.
To exit a terminal window, click the X button
on the upper right corner of the window, type
exit at the prompt, or type