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How to use Windows Terminal and what it’s useful for
Scratch the surface of Windows (and macOS), and you’ll find a command line console underneath, a lingering remnant of how these operating systems started out: as user-friendly graphical wrappers built on top of text-based, monochrome interfaces. If you’re as old as I am, you might remember having to launch apps and games on a computer by typing out text commands,…
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How to use macOS Terminal and what it’s useful for
With each operating system update, our computers get further away from their earliest, text-based interfaces, when copying files and launching programs required typing out specific commands rather than double-clicking on icons. But although a lot of today’s users won’t know these command line interfaces ever existed, and others will have forgotten all about them, they’re still present in macOS and…
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The Default Mac Terminal is Boring, Try These 6 Apps Instead
Key Takeaways Switching from the default Mac terminal to more advanced options can significantly boost productivity. Whether it’s performance, simplicity, or connection management, users can select the terminal emulator that best fits their unique needs and preferences. Most are cross-platform, providing users with a consistent experience whether they’re working on macOS, Windows, Linux, or remotely managing servers via SSH. If…
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How (And Why) to Change the Default Terminal on Ubuntu
Key Takeaways Try different terminal emulators on Linux to switch up your experience with new features and visuals. Use the Ubuntu package manager to find and install various terminal programs like urxvt, Eterm, and cool-retro-term. Change the default terminal on Ubuntu by using “sudo update-alternatives –config x-terminal-emulator” command. On Ubuntu, the terminal is one of the apps you’ll use the…
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Your Linux Terminal Can Tell You Your Fortune, Here’s How
Key Takeaways You can use the “fortune” command to view random quotes, jokes, or advice right in your terminal. Additionally, you can customize your fortune’s database by creating your own fortune file. For additional fun, you could pipe a fortune with cowsay, or display a random fortune every time you launch your terminal. Ever thought your terminal could be a…
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Not Enough Lines in Your Linux Terminal? Here’s How to See More
Recently I was running some Linux terminal commands with a glut of output, so much that my terminal window wouldn’t let me scroll up far enough to read it all. Here’s a quick trick I used to scroll further up in a terminal window without using a special command. Your terminal’s ability to keep scrolling back through history, or the…
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