Linux is a multiuser operating system. It has 7 'virtual terminals' where 6 are CLI based and 1 is the normal GUI. So, typing Ctrl+Alt+F1 gets you into the 1st terminal....Ctrl+Alt+F6=6th terminal and Ctrl+Alt+F7=GUI mode. Different users can log in and work in each of these terminals.
Now,typing 'who' gives me this output (I'm logged into 2 terminals.)
Code:
melvin@melvin-desktop:~$ who
melvin tty1 2010-04-15 10:53
melvin tty7 2010-04-15 10:39 (:0)
melvin pts/0 2010-04-15 10:59 (:0.0)
tty1 = 1st CLI based terminal.
tty7 = normal GUI interface.
pts/0 = GNOME terminal from which I'm running the command!
I opened another terminal and got this:
Code:
melvin tty1 2010-04-15 10:53
melvin tty7 2010-04-15 10:39 (:0)
melvin pts/0 2010-04-15 10:59 (:0.0)
melvin pts/1 2010-04-15 11:02 (:0.0)
Shows that I've 2 terminals open!
Have a nice day!
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