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How to start a terminal window in the center of the screen?

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Mar 15, 202616787 views

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It's kind of annoying how some Ubuntu (GNOME, X Window System) programs start at the top left of my screen. Is there a way to make the program start in the center of the screen. (Yeah I know it's a pretty trivial question but it is annoying ;-)

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you can use x's geometry to set this. depending on your x version it can vary. the man page and it should explain the geometry options xterm 80x24+nxn or similar.

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How to start a terminal window in the center of the screen?

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