Alternative shell interfaces in Ubuntu Linux
Faster than default Gnome-terminal, they can be installed via repository. They run under X and don’t require Gtk or Qt libraries…
1) xterm, is quite fast. I use it as a nice replacement with this shortcut:
xterm -fs 11 -fa "Courier 10 Pitch"
2) mrxvt is very fast, with nice tabs. I run it in default configuration, without antialiasing or background to keep good performance.
Just a note, these are alternative *terminal emulators*! Two more to check out that:
1.Terminator – you can split it left/right up/down:
https://launchpad.net/~gnome-terminator
2. Tilda: “drop-down” terminal, like in Quake and other FPS games:
http://tilda.sourceforge.net/
Those aren’t really *faster* than gnome-terminal, but they offer some usage benefits to some users.
Alternative *shells* would be things like fish, ksh, and so on.
ushimitsudoki
January 6, 2009 at 3:51 am
Thanks… I edited the title to avoid the error you correctly pointed out.
I’m curious and I’m going to try these alternatives!
bye
proch
January 6, 2009 at 11:11 am
[...] Being quite an old PC, I disabled unnecessary desktop effects and tryied lighter software. For terminal emulators I came up with interesting alternatives. [...]
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January 6, 2009 at 1:13 pm