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I'm looking for a new terminal. What's your favorite one and why? Which one is popular?

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[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

Call me lazy if you like, but I use GNOME terminal. Comes as standard with my distro. Does what I need. Supports fonts that aren't pixel fonts and has various look and feel tweaks accessible by GUI if I really want to get in there. I do that once after every fresh install and it's been a while since then.

Given that I loved a bit of Quake back in the day, you'd think I'd like drop down terminals like ddterm and Guake (which might not work on Wayland?), but weirdly no. I like it in a box I can move around.

I also keep the ancient xterm installed just in case and for when I get nostalgic for the old pixel fonts, but it's not exactly my go-to.

[–] TronNerd82@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

QTerminal, xterm, and of course, the good ol' Linux console when I don't wanna do anything graphical.

[–] Presi300@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago
[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

Guake. Has been for years. I am in and out the terminal all the time, so F12 works well for me. Plus I used to play Quake and used the in game terminal to do all kinds of things. Plus I'm an old RISC OS kid and F12 was the key to get the "star line".

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Kitty, cute name and logo

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Favourite? Windows terminal.

Favourite Linux compatible? Vs code integrated terminal.

The one I actually use on Linux because viscose integrated terminal is not standalone? Konsole, just because it's the default In kde.

EDIT: may I know why I got downvoted? Just because I have an unpopular preference? Is this reddit?

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[–] fredix@jlai.lu -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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