On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 23:42 -0700, abhishek misra wrote:
> what is the difference between terminal and console in Linux terms
>
> Let me know if following understanding is correct.
>
> Terminal is an interface between the user and Linux system, which user
> to make requests to the system , the system can present its response
> and also error messages if any.
> Under Linux each terminal is represented by a device file listed
> as /proc/tty
> There are three types of terminals serial, virtual and pseudo . The X
> Window System uses pseudo terminals
>
> co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS0 115200 vt100-nav
> 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
> 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
> 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
> 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
> 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
> 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
>
> # Run xdm in runlevel 5
> x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
>
> The above suggests that 'co' or console is actually the serial
> terminal
> 1-6 are virtual terminals (clt-alt F[1-6])
> x is the pseudo terminal used by the X Window System
>
> the login program is run on all these terminals for given set of run
> levels
>
In common parlance, "Terminal" is the Gnome command line interface,
while "Konsole" is the KDE command line interface. This is what many
average users will likely be referring to when one term is used in favor
of the other.
David
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