terminal, byobu terminal, root terminal

[lance23dillon]

so this might be a stupid questions, but what are the differences in these three terminals and which one should I be using?

[jerrrys]

this may help with root

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

[Mr. Shannon]

To find out what a byobu terminal is see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1761407

The diference between a terminal and a root terminal is that a root terminal gives you root privleges all the time while in a regarlar terminal you typicaly use sudo befor a command to give the command root privileges. Note: You can become root (for more than a single command) in a regular terminal by using the command

sudo su

Please note that running with root privleges can be dangerous so for the most part it is better to use the sudo command to get root privileges temporarily. At least that is what I have read.

[lance23dillon]

alright cool. that helps out a lot
thanks!!!

[wojox]

Here's a picture of Gnome Terminal with byobu.

[lance23dillon]

so i'm kinda getting what the byobu terminal is, but what would be the main purpose of it and can I use it the same as the regular terminal?