Guake windows
Especially built in theming options, hotkey settings, autostart and more. + various settings options – there are many configuration options to tune the terminal to your needs. + tab management – if for some reason, you’ll need tabs to do your job done, Guake has simplified tab management with renaming, switching options for you to be quick and productive.
Guake quick open optionsĬheck it out in action (click on picture) … Open in action You will need to enable it Guake preferences window. If you click it, it will open in your favorite editor. + quick open – it automatically finds URL in terminal and enables you to open it with CTRL + mouse click. I caught myself pressing that keyboard on systems, where I don’t have it installed, and wondering why terminal doesn’t pop up. + one hotkey to rule them all – set keyboard hotkey to open and close it again. I’ll list a few, which helped me being more productive. Guake terminal can do many things (check features here). Result of opening guake terminal with hotkey Useful features You can call the terminal out with default hotkey ( F12) and repress it to hide it.
You should experience top-down animation (which you can set) and you are ready to do your magic.
Guake windows software#
Search for newly installed software with Guake (if you search for q, it will work as well □) and press Enter. Soon enough you’ll be able to use terminal anywhere as a top-down option with single “predefined keyboard hotkey”.
Guake windows install#
Open terminal and write (I use Linux Mint – for other distributions, check this): sudo apt install guake guake install I stumble upon Guake terminal after reading a book about productivity in Linux and decided to give it a try. I just want to press a button and terminal should appear without affecting my current work. The challenge with each invocation is the loss of your focus, the need to switch back with ALT + TAB and other more challenges to increase your stress level. To be able to access terminal with one click, you can always set a keyboard shortcut. Especially if you just want to check status of long running task or issue simple command or quickly access some logs – quick tasks. Sure, you have tabs, but that can spin out of control. Sure, there is a learning curve, but after you go through (and understand) basic workflow and main commands, it is one-up from that point on.ĭoing all that in one terminal, can be tricky and cumbersone. Manipulating text, working with large files (logs,…), controling structures, manipulating file/directory content, searching through everything, executing long running tasks and much more – all that feels simple to achieve with the built-in terminal use. Albert EinsteinĪfter working for some time in Linux terminal, a new world of possibilities opens up. Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.