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Portal/IDB/icon-terminal-32x32.png The Linux console is the basic text entry and display device for system administration messages. It is the well known white on black display that is shown at boot when no desktop environment is installed.

"Console" is also commonly used to designate terminal emulators (which emulate behavior of the console), or generally any kind of command line interface.

How to access the Console

In Debian, there are already six default virtual Consoles ready to be used. They all can be accessed using the key combination Ctrl + Alt + FN#Console. For example, the Console #3 is accessed by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F3.

Note The Console #7 is usually allocated to the graphical environment (Xorg, etc.).

If you are running a desktop environment, you may want to use a terminal emulator instead.

To completely lock the console and prevent virtual console switching, check out the ?DebianPakg:vlock package.

Command line applications

This section lists a selection of useful and popular programs that run from the shell.

Multimedia

PIM

Office

"Graphic" editors

System Administration

Fun

Other


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