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Born out of the FPS game Linux Guake terminal is like, many novices are not very clear about this, in order to help you solve this problem, the following editor will explain in detail for you, people with this need can come to learn, I hope you can gain something.

Guake terminal: top-down terminal in GNOME desktop

Guake is a terminal simulator tailored to the GNOME desktop with a drop-down design.

It was originally inspired by a terminal in a FPS game (Quake). Although it was originally designed as a fast and easy-to-use terminal, it does much more than that.

Guake terminals provide a large number of features, as well as customizable options. Here, I will focus on the main functions of the terminal and how to install it on any of your Linux distributions.

Characteristics of Guake terminal

Press the keyboard shortcut (F12) to start the terminal anywhere in override mode

The Guake terminal runs in the background for persistent access

Ability to split tabs horizontally and vertically

Change the default shell from the available shell, if any

Realign

Choose from a variety of palettes to change the appearance of the terminal

You can use GUI to save terminal content to a file.

Switch to full screen when needed

You can easily save the tag or open a new one when needed

Ability to restore labels

You can choose to configure and learn new keyboard shortcuts to quickly access terminals and perform tasks

Change the color of a specific tab

Easily rename tags and quickly access the content you need

Quick Open function, you can open the file directly in the terminal with your favorite editor with one click.

You can add your own commands or scripts when starting or displaying Guake terminals.

Support for multiple monitors

Just for fun, you can do a lot of things. However, I also believe that advanced users can take advantage of these features to make their terminal experience easier and more efficient.

When I use it to test something and write this article, to be honest, I feel like I'm summoning the terminal. So, I definitely think it's cool!

Install Guake on Linux

There are Guake terminals in the default repositories of Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch.

You can follow its official instructions to learn about the commands you can use, and if you are using a Ubuntu-based distribution, just type:

Sudo apt install guake

Note that the latest version may not be available using this method. So, if you want to get the latest version, you can choose to use Linux Uprising's PPA to get the latest version:

Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/guakesudo apt updatesudo apt install guake

In either case, you can also use Pypi or refer to the official documentation or get the source code from the GitHub page.

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