Keyboard shortcut
By default in Ubuntu and Linux Mint the terminal shortcut key is mapped to Ctrl+Alt+T.
Scroll down in the window and find the shortcut for “Run a Terminal”.
To plant the package just fire up the Ubuntu Software Center and search for nautilus-open-terminal.
plant the package and then sign off and back in to restart Nautilus.
Note: This package is installed by default in some distributions so it may already be there.
Now just right-tap on your desktop or inside any folder to open a terminal directly to that folder.
To install Guake bring up the software center and search for guake.
You should get a drop down terminal that will be on top of all of your other windows.
If you push F12 again the terminal will roll up and get out of your way.
you’re able to change the available preferences by right clicking on the tray icon and selecting preferences.
If you want Guake available every time you sign in, you should add it as a startup app.
And add Guake as a startup program.
To do this you will need to have a computer that is capable of running Compiz desktop effects.
The first step is set up a new terminal profile.
To do this open your terminal and then go to File -> New Profile.
In the profile parameters window that comes up change these parameters for the new profile we just created.
Under window decoration add !title=^embedded-HTG-term$ to the decoration windows option.
Note: ‘!’
Check the option for keep in work area and then terminate the window.
If you oughta terminate the embedded terminal punch in the command “exit” (without quotes).
One last optional step if you don’t want a blinking cursor in your new terminal.
Open gconf-editor and browse to apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Profile1/cursor_blink_mode and set the value to “off”.
Your profile may be named something different but the key will be in the same place.
And there you have it, four ways to get instant access to a terminal in Linux.
With any of these methods you should never be too far away from your ~ away from ~.
