To learn Linux, you need to learn the shell command line in a terminal emulator.

In KDE: K -> System -> Konsoll to get a command shell)

Pressing CTRL-ALT-F1 to CTRL-ALT-F6 gives you the console command shell windows, while CTRL-ALT-F7 gives you XFree86 (the graphical interface).

xterm (manual page) is the standard XFree console installed on all boxes, run it with xterm (press ALT F2 in KDE and Gnome to run commands).

Terminals you probably have installed:

• xterm http://dickey.his.com/xterm/
• konsole (KDEs terminal)
• gnome-terminal (Gnomes terminal)


Non-standard terminals should install:

• rxvt http://www.rxvt.org/
• aterm http://aterm.sourceforge.net