You will probably want to make modifications to your terminal window at some time. The Gnome terminal is a common terminal used by a lot of people but often people do not recognize all of the features that are available. This tutorial will help you with that configuration.
Here is a picture of the Gnome Terminal. If you choose Edit /Profiles you can create a new profile that will have different color backgrounds and text for easier viewing.
Right Click the colored bar and you will get the shortcuts to perform these tasks:
Minimize Alt+F9
Maximize Alt+F10
Move Alt+F7
Resize Alt+F8
You also have the option to always make the terminal visible on all workspaces. This is handy if you do a lot of work from the terminal. Or you can make it visible on only one workspace if you want.
Now that you know some basic options for adjusting the terminal, lets take a look at some of the popular commands that can be issued to the Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Gnome terminal window.
| Privileges | Network | Display | Security | |
| sudo command – run command as root sudo -s – open a root shell sudo -s -u user – open a shell as user sudo -k – forget sudo passwords gksudo command – visual sudo dialog sudo visudo – edit /etc/sudoers gksudo nautilus – root file manager passwd – change your password | ifconfig – show network information iwconfig – show wireless information sudo iwlist scan – scan for wireless networks sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart – reset network for manual configurations (file) /etc/network/interfaces – manual configuration ifup interface – interface online ifdown interface – interface disabled | sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart – restart X and return to login (file) /etc/X11/xorg.conf – display configuration sudo dexconf – reset xorg.conf configuration Ctrl+Alt+Bksp – restart X display if frozen Ctrl+Alt+FN – switch to tty N Ctrl+Alt+F7 – switch back to X display | ufw enable – turn on the firewall ufw disable – turn off the firewall ufw default allow – allow all connections by default ufw default deny – drop all connections by default ufw status – current status and rules ufw allow port – allow traffic on port ufw deny port – block port ufw deny from ip – block ip adress |
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