What's the difference between shells and xshells?
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In the KDE menu in the Knoppix live CD, I saw there is a submenu somewhere with the title 'shells' and another with the title 'xshells'.
It sounded to me like they are two separate families of shells.
What is the difference between them?
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In the KDE menu in the Knoppix live CD, I saw there is a submenu somewhere with the title 'shells' and another with the title 'xshells'.
It sounded to me like they are two separate families of shells.
What is the difference between them?
shell kde
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In the KDE menu in the Knoppix live CD, I saw there is a submenu somewhere with the title 'shells' and another with the title 'xshells'.
It sounded to me like they are two separate families of shells.
What is the difference between them?
shell kde
edited Aug 13 at 10:57
Jeff Schaller
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asked Aug 17 '13 at 7:21
H M
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In the KDE menu in the Knoppix live CD, I saw there is a submenu somewhere with the title 'shells' and another with the title 'xshells'.
It sounded to me like they are two separate families of shells.
What is the difference between them?
shell kde
shell kde
edited Aug 13 at 10:57
Jeff Schaller
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asked Aug 17 '13 at 7:21
H M
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edited Aug 13 at 10:57
Jeff Schaller
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asked Aug 17 '13 at 7:21
H M
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edited Aug 13 at 10:57
Jeff Schaller
32.5k849110
edited Aug 13 at 10:57
Jeff Schaller
32.5k849110
edited Aug 13 at 10:57
Jeff Schaller
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32.5k849110
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asked Aug 17 '13 at 7:21
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A shell is a command line application that prompts the user for commands and then executes those commands.
"X Shell" is another word for "terminal emulator". It's a graphical application that allows you to run a command line application inside it and thus allows you to execute command line applications in a graphical environment.
When you select an entry in the Shells menu, the selected shell will be started in your default terminal emulator/xshell. When you select an entry in the XShells menu, your default shell will be started in the selected terminal emulator.
answered Aug 17 '13 at 8:17
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But why isn't Konsole in the XShells menu?
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@HM I don't know. I would have expected it to be in there to be honest.
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A shell is a command line application that prompts the user for commands and then executes those commands.
"X Shell" is another word for "terminal emulator". It's a graphical application that allows you to run a command line application inside it and thus allows you to execute command line applications in a graphical environment.
When you select an entry in the Shells menu, the selected shell will be started in your default terminal emulator/xshell. When you select an entry in the XShells menu, your default shell will be started in the selected terminal emulator.
answered Aug 17 '13 at 8:17
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But why isn't Konsole in the XShells menu?
– H M
Aug 17 '13 at 8:40
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@HM I don't know. I would have expected it to be in there to be honest.
– sepp2k
Aug 17 '13 at 9:04
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A shell is a command line application that prompts the user for commands and then executes those commands.
"X Shell" is another word for "terminal emulator". It's a graphical application that allows you to run a command line application inside it and thus allows you to execute command line applications in a graphical environment.
When you select an entry in the Shells menu, the selected shell will be started in your default terminal emulator/xshell. When you select an entry in the XShells menu, your default shell will be started in the selected terminal emulator.
answered Aug 17 '13 at 8:17
sepp2k
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But why isn't Konsole in the XShells menu?
– H M
Aug 17 '13 at 8:40
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@HM I don't know. I would have expected it to be in there to be honest.
– sepp2k
Aug 17 '13 at 9:04
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A shell is a command line application that prompts the user for commands and then executes those commands.
"X Shell" is another word for "terminal emulator". It's a graphical application that allows you to run a command line application inside it and thus allows you to execute command line applications in a graphical environment.
When you select an entry in the Shells menu, the selected shell will be started in your default terminal emulator/xshell. When you select an entry in the XShells menu, your default shell will be started in the selected terminal emulator.
answered Aug 17 '13 at 8:17
sepp2k
3,93711521
A shell is a command line application that prompts the user for commands and then executes those commands.
"X Shell" is another word for "terminal emulator". It's a graphical application that allows you to run a command line application inside it and thus allows you to execute command line applications in a graphical environment.
When you select an entry in the Shells menu, the selected shell will be started in your default terminal emulator/xshell. When you select an entry in the XShells menu, your default shell will be started in the selected terminal emulator.
answered Aug 17 '13 at 8:17
sepp2k
3,93711521
answered Aug 17 '13 at 8:17
sepp2k
3,93711521
answered Aug 17 '13 at 8:17
sepp2k
3,93711521
answered Aug 17 '13 at 8:17
sepp2k
3,93711521
3,93711521
1
But why isn't Konsole in the XShells menu?
– H M
Aug 17 '13 at 8:40
1
@HM I don't know. I would have expected it to be in there to be honest.
– sepp2k
Aug 17 '13 at 9:04
add a comment |Â
1
But why isn't Konsole in the XShells menu?
– H M
Aug 17 '13 at 8:40
1
@HM I don't know. I would have expected it to be in there to be honest.
– sepp2k
Aug 17 '13 at 9:04
1
1
But why isn't Konsole in the XShells menu?
– H M
Aug 17 '13 at 8:40
But why isn't Konsole in the XShells menu?
– H M
Aug 17 '13 at 8:40
1
1
@HM I don't know. I would have expected it to be in there to be honest.
– sepp2k
Aug 17 '13 at 9:04
@HM I don't know. I would have expected it to be in there to be honest.
– sepp2k
Aug 17 '13 at 9:04
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