Thanks Greg it seems as though you've done more than to explain VT's to me. You've
cleared up
a misunderstanding.
I really like the vt thing..... I can see myself trying to do way too much at once on
several
terminals and getting lost in it for many years to come:}
Greg Olszewski wrote:
> > Ahhhh..... got it.
> >
> > Can you also use these vt's as another user??? Now I'm really beginning to see
> > the power if Linux. Isn't much with modems but is great as a multi-user OS.
>
> Yeah. you can log in as whomever you see fit. When I'm working in console
> mode, I usually keep two or three open with my user account, and the sixth
> one as root, so If I need to be root for some I can bop over and do it there.
> I don't like wandering around as root, because if you type something wrong, you
> can wipe out good chunks for your system. (rm -rf / comes to mind(rm --recursive
>--force)).
> >
> > This also brings up a question..... is this the definition of vt in vt100????
> beats me. I've never seen a VT100.
> I'd guess that it means visual terminal though(since you can see a _whole_
> screen at a time). That's really a guess
> > Sorry about the confusion.
> >
> no worries.
> > Thanks
>
> sure
>
> greg
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