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[fedex1993]

Okay Since there are so many types of terminal like kconsole gnome-terminal, eterm, xterm, rxvt, aterm, and i know there are some more out there so there will be more i can add

[-grubby]

xterm or gnome-terminal

[jinx099]

xterm or gnome-terminal
What is the benefit of xterm over gnome-terminal?

[SoloSalsa]

xfterm4, the default of Xfce 4, in Xubuntu.

[-grubby]

What is the benefit of xterm over gnome-terminal?

this may sound stupid, but it's transparency looks like sunglasses

[fedex1993]

this may sound stupid, but it's transparency looks like sunglasses lol i half to laugh at that but it sure does. how can you get transparency in side of xterm

[hanzomon4]

Which ones do real transparency? I just think it looks cool for those ready to say how useless transparency is.

[bikeboy]

Primarily gnome-terminal, but when sshing into the server I sometimes use xterm (uxterm to be exact) because it's nicer to use Midnight Commander with that than gnome-terminal (F10 works for instance).

[p_quarles]

Transparency isn't the only factor. Terminals have different configuration dialogues and customization options. Some have tabs, some allow you to configure how it works with cutting and pasting, and they all have different font options. Things like this can defninitely affect the usability of a terminal.

I use Konsole, btw.

[fedex1993]

how do you get transperncy in xterm

[Mateo]

What is the benefit of xterm over gnome-terminal?

xterm uses fewer resources. Also, I find it works better with alltray.

[samwyse]

Konsole, mainly because it's the default in KDE.

[-grubby]

you get transparency in Xterm the same way as gnome-terminal

[K.Mandla]

Sakura (http://pleyades.net/david/sakura.php), because it looks better in GTK2.

rxvt-unicode (http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/x11/rxvt-unicode) when I want complete flexibility (http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/toward-a-better-c64-terminal/)!

[Medieval_Creations]

I bounce between xterm & eterm personally. Eterm is the one I typically use more often though. I'm not big on eye candy, but having a transparent terminal is kool... :)

[fedex1993]

you get transparency in Xterm the same way as gnome-terminal

yeah when i type xterm in console it comes up with a black box just like the regular terminal but i cant right click or anything like that

[-grubby]

yeah when i type xterm in console it comes up with a black box just like the regular terminal but i cant right click or anything like that

try sudo apt-get install xterm and then when that's done go to Apps>accessories> and choose "terminal" but the one with the dollar sign

[prodigalson666]

gnome terminal

[fedex1993]

try sudo apt-get install xterm and then when that's done go to Apps>accessories> and choose "terminal" but the one with the dollar sign

it says nothing new to install and new currently installed so i dont know how to get transparency

[Nano Geek]

lol i half to laugh at that but it sure does. how can you get transparency in side of xtermFYI, it's have not half. :)

[fedex1993]

okay sorry i have dislexia so sometimes i spell stuff wrong

[bruce89]

FYI, it's have not half. :)

He he.

gnome-terminal:

Edit>Current Profile>Effects>Transparent background.

Only works with a compositing window manager.

[fedex1993]

i already got it for gnome terminal i am trying to get transparcny for xterm

[Mateo]

i'm not sure xterm has transparency. It's meant to be a bare-minimum terminal emulator.

eterm is pretty similar to xterm and apparently does have transparency. perhaps that's what you need.

[fedex1993]

never mind but thanks anyway yalll just keep voting for terminals and post something if yall want to (sorry for saying yall its a texas thang)

[D-EJ915]

I use aterm, wterm, mrxvt and uxterm depending on what I feel like typing in.

[bruce89]

yall want to (sorry for saying yall its a texas thang)

Ach, dinny fash yerself.

[x0as]

I use xterm & eterm if I want a transparent terminal.

[-grubby]

never mind but thanks anyway yalll just keep voting for terminals and post something if yall want to (sorry for saying yall its a texas thang)

I could of sworn that there was transparency for XTERM, maybe I'm using something else, well I'll just post a screenshot here in a sec

[fedex1993]

come on we need some more votes and responses please

[santiagoward2000]

xfce4-terminal
I have a transparent one with no window borders or menu bar on each workspace all the time!! :lolflag:

[Sir Nose]

Sakura (http://pleyades.net/david/sakura.php), because it looks better in GTK2.

rxvt-unicode (http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/x11/rxvt-unicode) when I want complete flexibility (http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/toward-a-better-c64-terminal/)!

Out of topic, but I just love that 'Turn your old PC to a virtual c64'-howto :)

[fedex1993]

*bump*

[hanzomon4]

I could of sworn that there was transparency for XTERM, maybe I'm using something else, well I'll just post a screenshot here in a sec

I think you are talking about urxvt

[fedex1993]

i think the transparency that looks like sunglasses is xfce4-terminal i tihnk i dont know

[BWF89]

Konsole

[jken146]

I like tilda, but it has a bug in Gutsy sadly (keeps greying out).

[zeDuffMan]

gnome-terminal. It does what I need it to so I see no reason to change :)

[-grubby]

i think the transparency that looks like sunglasses is xfce4-terminal i tihnk i dont know

oh yah, you are right. silly me thinking it was XTERM

[Mateo]

Gnome-terminal is a good general purpose terminal. That's what i use it for. When I have a few quick commands to run. But it's also a bit bloated (6.7 megabytes of memory use for me), so when I have a program continually running, I tend to use xterm instead because it's memory footprint is in the kilobytes (and not even the high kilobytes). Just my preference I guess.

[walkerk]

+1 Sakura

[fedex1993]

i mostly use gnome-terminal because it is really easy to use fun to use and easy to customize ecept i still havnt got the terminal on the desktop perefect yet >_>

[SoloSalsa]

xfce4-terminal
So that makes two of us! We ought to get a new poll with that as an option (not really just kidding).

[davtaine]

Yakuake

[GSF1200S]

Yakuake

+1

Its so awesome to just push f12 and have a terminal pop down for me to use.. Its perfect for quick stuff, or when you are multitasking between 50 things and you constantly need a terminal.

I use Konsole when im doing a dedicated list of stuff with the terminal. The fact that it will remind you when its active or inactive is an awesome feature when doing large apt stuff or compiling a program.

[anaconda]

tilda