Gnome Desktop drop-down terminal: Guake

Gnome Desktop drop-down terminal: Guake

What is Guake?

Guake is a drop-down terminal used in The Gnome environment. It is mainly written in Python and uses some C. It is released with a GPL2 + license and is applicable to Linux and similar systems. Guake is inspired by a terminal in the computer game Quake (Raytheon hammer). Quake's terminal slides down the screen by pressing a specific button (F12 by default, and slide up after pressing the same key.

It is worth noting that Guake is not the first such application. Yakuake (Yet Another Kuake) is a terminal simulator running on KDE, and Tilda is a terminal simulator written in GTK +. They are inspired by devices that slide up and down from the sleep hammer.

Functions of Guake

1. Lightweight
2. Simple and elegant
3. Numerous Functions
4. Powerful
5. Beautiful
6. Smoothly integrate the terminal into the GUI
7. Appears/disappears after you press the predefined key
8. Supports hotkeys, labels, and transparent backgrounds, making it suitable for all Gnome users.
9. Configuration Options
10. Including color palette of many colors
11. Set shortcuts for Transparency
12. With Guake configuration, you can run a script at startup.
13. Can run on multiple monitors

Install the Guake terminal in Linux

Guake can be installed in many releases by adding additional repositories. Here we will install Guake In Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Fedora.

First, obtain the latest package list from the repository and install Guake from the default repository, as shown below:

---------------- On Debian, Ubuntu, and Linux Mint -------------- $ sudo apt-get update $ apt-get install guake

---------------- In Fedora 19 and a later version ---------------- # yum update # yum install guake

After installation, you can start Guake from another terminal:

$ guake

After you start it, you can use F12 (default configuration) in the Gnome desktop to pull down and reclaim the terminal.

Looks pretty, especially transparent background. Slide down... slide up... slide down... slide up... run the command, open another tag, run the command, slide up... slide down...

If the color of your wallpaper or activity window is slightly different from that of Guake. You can change your wallpaper to reduce transparency or change the Guake color.

The next step is to go to the Guake configuration and modify the settings according to everyone's needs. You can run the Guake configuration through the Application menu or the following command.

$ guake --preferences

Set scroll

Appearance settings-here you can modify the text color, background color, and transparency.

Keyboard shortcut key-here you can modify the switch shortcut key displayed by Guake.

Compatibility settings-you do not need to set it.

Conclusion

This project is neither too young nor too old, so it has reached a certain degree of maturity, is reliable enough, can be used out of the box. For people like me who need frequent switching between the GUI and the terminal, Guake is a benefit. I don't need to manage a redundant window. I open and close it frequently. I use a tab to find a terminal in a large number of open applications or switch to a different workspace to manage the terminal, now I only need F12.

I think Guake is a required tool for any Linux users who use both GUI and terminal. Similarly, I will recommend it to anyone who wants to use the GUI and terminal in combination in the system, because it is smooth and has no obstacles.

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