multi tasking

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Keith -
On my Slackware system there are six separate consoles available
for me to use at any time. Other distributions may have a
different number of them by default, and you can change it if you
want.

You can switch to a different console at any time, without
disturbing your current one, by typing "alt-F1", "alt-F2",
"alt-F3", etc. to go to the corresponding console. An alternative
is to type "alt-left" or "alt-right" to move to the adjacent
console on either side of your current one. You will at first
have another login screen on a console you have not yet used, and
you log in there in the usual way. You can log into a different
account or into the one that is already open. It gets tricky when
you want to run the same program in two consoles that are on the
same account, but for many applications it is not impossible.

I commonly have one console open to read a man page and then move
to another to try something out that is described there.

HTH - Chuck


On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Keith Heltsley wrote:

> OK, I know Linux is this really great multi-tasking system. So how do I
> multi-task?
> I've been doing a lot of reading of HowTos and Documentation. What would be
> helpful is to keep that session open and switch to a command line so I can
> practice some of the tutorial info. Instead of closing out the browser or
> editor and trying it.
> I'm sure this is one of those really easy things that is just sitting there,
> staring me in the face. If it were a snake, I'd be dead by now. My brain is
> just spinning it's wheels though. What can you guys and gals tell me?
> from
> Keith H.
> OxyMoron:
>  3.   Pretty ugly
>
>
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