A brief illustration on what is a Terminal in an operating system especially Linux.
The first thing you need to know in Linux is, what a “Terminal” is?
A terminal is a text entry and display device. It is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks. It is a device in which you can enter the command as text and you get an output. The ouptput may or may not be visible.
To get a terminal in Fedora, from the Main Menu bar select “Applications>System Tools>Terminal”. You will get a window in which there will be a prompt. It looks like this -> $_
There is one more prompt which looks like this -> #_
The difference is the later one is for the super user and the first one is for the normal user. Super user has got few more privileges than a normal user.
Try to enter few commands and you will learn much about it in future.
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Very nicely written. This will help for any one who is new to Operating Systems and really helpful for those newbies switching to linux.
Thanx for sharing.
Wow… This post will help those who are new to Linux…
good one…