#DIFFERENCE BETWEEN XTERM AND UXTERM INSTALL#
#DIFFERENCE BETWEEN XTERM AND UXTERM CODE#
#DIFFERENCE BETWEEN XTERM AND UXTERM WINDOWS#

If you want to send me a direct message with a explanation, I will be happy to discuss further the URL and web site. So we generally ask people to not put URL's in their signatures that are not personal, or related to technology/linux in some way as it could be misinterpreted as spam, and people have been blocked for that. Please specify 32 or 64bit in your questions, and please remove the URL from your signature block as its not linux related, does not appear to be a personal web site but business related (maybe your business?), and not related to technology. If your computer has more than 512MB of RAM, you should be fine using GNOME Terminal. The thing youre calling 'terminal' is probably GNOME Terminal, which is outrageously better than uxterm for everything but resource usage. xterm just gives up (tried uxterm as well as the. I almost cant see the difference between a gtk emacs window and an emacs session running in xterm-unicode with proper fonts and antialiasing. take a look at terminator.Ĭouple other quick notes. So if you have a dichotomous choice between xterm and uxterm, always choose uxterm. Even xterm, with the right fonts, its a very nice setup. If you are interested in a more feature rich terminal that does things like split windows, etc. UXTerm is XTerm with support to Unicode characters. So unless you have a specific application or question regarding terminal performance I suggest removing xterm from synaptic or removing the menu entries if they are causing confusion and just use lxterminal for LXDE. It’s the default terminal emulation application for Linux.

#DIFFERENCE BETWEEN XTERM AND UXTERM WINDOWS#

apps run in windows - can be auto-started by window manager. It’s a text-only window in a GUI which allows users to execute commands directly.

(So this is not a debate place for terminals - roxterm,xterm,uxterm,urxvt,terminator,tilda, etc) You are using the bash shell regardless of terminal choice - So unless you are programming or have other specific needs the average user uses whats included as the default. xterm, uxterm terminal to run commands (gcc, make) window manager xfce /xfwm4, olvwm - display/control position of windows. The average desktop user does not do much in the terminal except use it when a GUI does not meet their needs for what they are trying to accomplish.

#DIFFERENCE BETWEEN XTERM AND UXTERM CODE#

I will look into that for R9 and I am not sure about changing the code specific to the terminal as its a utility.Īs far as what terminal works best for your environment? Thats a debate that could go on forever. The cleanup that probably would be easiest is to simply remove the menu entries for both xterm and uxterm and remove said confusion. If you go look at the package in synaptic (xterm) you will see it says as much in the description, and when xterm is installed, uxterm is as well. Its a wrapper around xterm to provide locale and UTF-8.

uxterm is not a separate package (even though it has its own binay). (and I have not changed that code) I considered removing and changing the code before releasing R8, but it was left as is as it added negligible space and overhead and the effort and time made it an easy decision.ģ. xterm is required as the installer uses it and its coded to do as such.

#DIFFERENCE BETWEEN XTERM AND UXTERM INSTALL#

LXterminal comes with LXDE as part of the desktop environment so its included in the install and its a servicable terminal and functions well within LXDE.

Difference between xterm and uxterm