shell, linux console, terminal, what's the difference?

[Shane McKinley]

A shell is how you interact with the Linux kernel. Different shells act
different ways. There are several different shells, bash being the most
common.

To see the different shells on your Linux installation type:

*cat /etc/shells

*A terminal can mean many different things, but I think you are referring to
the way you can access the shell through the X server through a window
manager. I think you are safe to think of a console and the terminal as the
same thing.

-Shane
hackosis.com

On Dec 18, 2007 8:21 PM, James Macele Jones <macele.jones at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I've been using Linux for a little while now, and I had a friend who
> just installed kubuntu ask me what the differences are between a shell,
> linux console, and a terminal were? I'm embarrassed to say I don't know
> the difference myself. I've always used them interchangeably.
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> Have I been mistaken, is there some difference between them?
>
> Thx
> - --
> James (Macele) Jones
> macele.jones at gmail.com
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