A terminal simulator is a computer software that simulates "dumb" video terminals in other display architectures. The terminal window allows users to access the console and applications, such as the command line interface and text user interface software. Although today's graphic user interfaces are everywhere, there are still some tasks that are best executed using command lines. Many terminal simulation programs have been installed in the modern desktop environment. Taking GNOME, KDE, and XFCE as examples, you can use GNOME Terminal, Konsole, and Terminal as default Terminal simulators, but they are not necessarily your best choice. This article introduces nine Linux free terminal simulators. Including urxvt, RXVT simulators supporting Unicode, Sakura, terminal Simulators Based on Vte, ROXTerm, and GTK + 2.0 terminal simulators with labels.
List of nine simulators:
Terminal Emulators |
GNOME Terminal |
Terminal emulator for the GNOME desktop environment |
Terminator |
Multiple GNOME terminals in one window |
Urxvt |
RXVT-like terminal emulator with Unicode support |
Sakura |
Vte-based terminal emulator |
ROXTerm |
GTK + 2.0 terminal emulator with tabs |
LXTerminal |
Lightweight terminal emulator based on GTK + for the LXDE desktop |
Xterm |
Provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals |
Konsole |
The KDE 4 terminal emulator |
Yakuake |
Drop-down terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology |