What is Arch Linux's default terminal?
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Using the command , I get the output 'xterm'. However, I have not done anything to install the X Windowing System, and as far as I know, Xterm cannot run without it, and Arch does not install it by default. (Furthermore, there isn't any manpage on xterm, and I would think that if I actually had xte…
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echo $TERM
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When you log in to the console without X11, you are using the Linux built-in "virtual console". It's built into the kernel and its terminfo name is , which is what you should be seeing in . If your has anything else, carefully check your configurati…
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