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On Sun, 6 May 2007 20:45:28 +0100 "Robin Menneer" <robinmenneer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You could also use System Monitor in Gnome and I think KDE has > > something similar. The problem with a GUI monitor is that if the > > process you want to kill is actually taking all the CPU time and/or > > memory, then loading a GUI to kill the process isn't exactly helping > > the CPU! One reason to always keep a terminal window open, I guess. > > > This is the first time I've heard about keeping a terminal window open. I > can imagine that this could be quite useful with unexplained hang ups but > what are the real reasons and Because I always need a terminal to build packages and generally do what I do. Typical usage also includes logging into a remote server and tweaking the files or processes over SSH. Yes, you can tunnel an X session over SSH but then the server isn't running X and it's just too much of an unnecessary faff to sort out - plus it would slow things down. So it's terminal:SSH:vi. Generally, a terminal window is the first window I open upon login and the last one to be closed. Usually, I have one terminal window open on each workspace and each window usually has 4-10 tabs open at a time. The only GUI programs that I use every single day are: 1. gedit 2. deb-gview 3. galeon 4. sylpheed Others, say weekly, are anjuta, gnucash and evince. Almost everything else I ever do with any of my systems is done via the terminal windows that litter each workspace. > how is it done ? Applications|Accessories|Terminal Just leave the window open and get to it with the taskbar. Despite the protests of some, you will never get the most from your GNU/Linux system without also learning the command line, IMHO. But then that's a never ending flamewar that I really don't want to start up again. Other never ending flamewars: Vi vs emacs Gnome vs KDE distro1 vs distro2 These things keep the free software flamers burning the world over. They don't do any harm - nobody loses because everyone gets the choice to pick the wrong one. ;-) -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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