What is the difference between xterm and terminal in Ubuntu?
What's the difference between Terminal in Ubuntu desktop (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and xterm? They look very similar.
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The difference is that xterm is the standard terminal emulator of the X Window System, while gnome-terminal is the standard terminal emulator of the GNOME project.
They are similar because both are terminal emulators.
For more information about why terminals need to be emulated and what a "real" or a "virtual" terminal is read this question and answer: .
A terminal is not a shell. To learn about the difference between a terminal and a shell read this question and answer: .
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