Khalid: click on Applications > Accessories > Terminal; and once there you can tag and drag terminal to your desktop after which to be in root you will need to initiate with "Sudo ,,,, [perhaps 'apt get install (whatever)' " after which you will be prompted to give your password, which lets the operation you are commanding to complete itself. Kenneth <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Khalid Said <<a href="mailto:kifcaliph@hotmail.com">kifcaliph@hotmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> Hi All I am a new user to the linux world so please forgive me for my stupid question :). I installed ubuntu studio karmic and I'd like to know how to open the root terminal because I can't see it in ubunt menu thank you, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, <table style="border-top: 1px solid black; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Tahoma,san-serif;"> <tbody><tr><td><a href="http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=EML_WLHM_GreaterGood" style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(1, 132, 203); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> </a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> </blockquote></div>