Use the CLI in Fedora 7
I need to be able to go back and forth between the CLI and GUI in
Fedora 7 to study. Anyone know if this is possible. The CLI will force me to actually learn Linux and not just learn how to point and click. |
Applications - Accessoires - Terminal
or maybe Applications - System Tools - Terminal You have also 6 tty's that you can access with ctrl-alt-F1 to F6. ctrl-alt-F7 gets you back to the GUI. |
you can have a terminal open. if you need to go completely CLI you can press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to a CLI and Ctrl+Alt+F7 to go back to a GUI.
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Thanks a lot guys, do these key commands work in most Linux Distro's?
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yes, it's a xserver thing if i'm not mistaken, so it is distribution independent.
and might recommend upgrading to fedora 8. |
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I agree with oskar - bleeding edge is not for newbies. It has turned many against Linux.
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You could install or use aterm and have a terminal open all the time and set it up so it looks like it's part of you background. This is an old screenshot of mine it's Debian with fluxbox.
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Just to clarify:
Fedora 7 is now the current stable release and therefore suitable for use by newbies - plenty of support on the forums for most problems they may encounter. Fedora 8 is the current development release and, as such, bleeding edge. I run it on a spare system for test purposes but will only use it on a production system when I feel it is ready - probably when fedora 9 is mooted. I regard Fedora as one of the best distros around and feel that judging its merits on development releases is misleading to the linux newcomer. |
Any way to make the system start in the CLI vice the GUI?
This will further help me to force my to learn the command line. |
Edit /etc/inittab and look for the following
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# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: Code:
id:3:initdefault: Code:
$ startx |
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