Ubuntu - simple question

Kevster · 2014-01-08 20:42:01

Dear all, I'm an old school UNIX user and am not familiar with the more modern, 'point-and-click' based Linux OS's that have come out. I have installed Ubuntu as dual-boot with Windows 7 on a work PC and am simply trying to figure out how I can run shell commands from the Ubuntu desktop. Even better would be to just get it…

08-01-2014 08:42PM

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Kevster

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Dear all,

I'm an old school UNIX user and am not familiar with the more modern, 'point-and-click' based Linux OS's that have come out.

I have installed Ubuntu as dual-boot with Windows 7 on a work PC and am simply trying to figure out how I can run shell commands from the Ubuntu desktop. Even better would be to just get it to load-up to the command line from start.

Thanks,
Kevin

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#2 08-01-2014 08:55PM

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Kevster wrote: »

Even better would be to just get it to load-up to the command line from start.

you could change the run-level in /etc/inittab but theeasiest thing to do issimply press CTRL-ALT-F1 (F1-F6 will work) to get a vterm.

CTRL-ALT-F7 will bring you back to the X desktop. you could run xterm from here to get an x terminal window.

I hope that gets you on the right road.

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#3 08-01-2014 09:00PM

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Okay, I'll give it a try - grazie mille.

Kevin

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