When I type echo $TERM on my terminal it shows me xterm. From there itself I believe there are more than one terminal in Ubuntu. Is it the name of the terminal that I am using? I have seen some computer experts using terminal which is having lots of colored text and all. Actually how many types of terminals are there in Ubuntu?
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I have found the answer here. May the way I asked the question was little confusing. I was actually looking for terminal emulators. But before I read this, I never knew that there are emulators exist for terminal.
There are a number of terminal emulators available for Linux and so for Ubuntu which give more usability based on your application. Usability in the sense, for example, there is a terminal emulator which shows the thumbnails when you list the files under a directory using ls command. There is another terminal emulator called Terminator in which you can split your window horizontally and vertically o that you can evaluate all you activities in the same screen without switching the tab.
The one I prefer for my application is Terminator as I have to perform more than one processes on my terminal, like I have to run a scan on a server and at the same time I want to edit a file using vim. I can see the scanning on my right side and at the same time I can edit the file also. Thumbs up!
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