9 of the Best Free Linux Terminal Emulators | Linux Today

9 of the Best Free Linux Terminal Emulators

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 3, 2010

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“Modern desktop environments come supplied with a
number of terminal emulators already installed. In the case of
GNOME, KDE, and XFCE (three popular desktop environments), the user
is offered GNOME Terminal, Konsole, and Terminal respectively as
the default terminal emulator. However, this does not necessarily
mean that the pre-selected terminal emulator is best suited for
your own specific requirements or your hardware.

“There is a large number of terminal emulators to choose from,
some offering a huge range of features, others aiming to be frugal
with system resources. To provide an insight into the quality of
software that is available, we have compiled a list of 9 excellent
Linux terminal emulators. Hopefully, there will be something of
interest for anyone interested in exploiting the power of the
shell.

“Now, let’s explore the 9 terminal emulators at hand. For each
title we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with
an in-depth analysis of its features, a screenshot of the software
in action, together with links to relevant resources and
reviews.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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