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hi all:

what is the default terminal simulator for opensuse 13.1 (like hyperterminal for xp)?

thanks.

_dave

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You mean “terminal emulator”?

Well, this depends on what desktop environment you are using.
For KDE it is “konsole”, for GNOME it is “gnome-terminal” f.e.

“xterm” should be available in any case.

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I have always used “minicom” for that. You probably have to install it.

I think Wolfi misundertood the question, and gave the wrong answer.

“xterm” is roughly the equiv of a windows “Command Prompt”, while “minicom” (running inside an “xterm”) is roughly the equiv of “hyperterminal”, though perhaps a bit cruder.

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Probably.
And I confused HyperTerminal with something like PowerShell, too. :wink:

Sorry.

Wikipedia mentions PuTTY as an alternative for HyperTerminal (as that is not included in Windows since Vista any more), which is also included in openSUSE. So you might have a look at that as well.

Package description:

putty

GTK-based terminal emulator program

PuTTY is a terminal emulator application which can act as a client
for the SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw TCP computing protocols and as a
serial console client.

5

thanks, i guess there is no default terminal simulator, like win7.

6

thanks. i installed both minicom and putty for linux and try them out.