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Tim036

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Registered: 2018-01-29

Posts: 2

Getting Terminal to work on Q4OS Scorpion

(Hope I got the name right)

It's my first day with Q4OS, so I asked on os the support folk and they gave me a few clues which helped a lot !

I use Bash a lot so as there was no obvious route (to me) I pocked around a bit and found the command line, in the control panel and with a CTRL/T terminal arrived !

(no ikon anywhere that I could find tho....)  but it ran fine !

I installed Dolphin and it worked great !    (its a file browser)  so a few more:-

Brasero  DVD burner (a bit primitive but it downloads files K3B needs)

K3B  ( an excellent DVD burner, also can turn .WAV music files to .ogg files)
after a bit of twiddling it worked a treat.

Kate (code editor)  (best there is! in my view)

Many many people loved XP and Hate most of the other MS attempts at an operating system, so a XP lookalike is really really needed IMHO !

As the years roll on, maybe this Forum will get a 'search' facility !

Congrats to the Team that put Q4OS Scorpion together !

:   )))

Tim

Tim036

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Registered: 2018-01-29

Posts: 2

Re: Getting Terminal to work on Q4OS Scorpion

By the way to convert a .ogg file to MP3 it can be done with this once Bash (Terminal) works ok...

sudo apt-get install soundconverter

:  ))

Tim

jackdanielsesq

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From: Phuket

Registered: 2017-12-19

Posts: 149

Re: Getting Terminal to work on Q4OS Scorpion

Hi Tim

Welcome - you are doing just fine - lose that CDROM before it loses you - USB/HDD/SSD etc so much better

Have fun

Regards

Jack

Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,992

Re: Getting Terminal to work on Q4OS Scorpion

Many many people loved XP and Hate most of the other MS attempts at an operating system, so a XP lookalike is really really needed IMHO !

Have you installed XPQ4 yet? it is available from their website and I have a guide for install and use here.

If you use bash a lot you might want to try terminator (apt install terminator) I always use it as I can split the terminal to have multiple screens and create scripts to have multiple terminals in one and run required commands to give a custom bash for scripting/testing.
I have one I use that opens a terminal and splits the window and automatically tails some system files so I can see what is going on as I test/play.

If you want/need a desktop icon, you can simply right-click the desktop and select Create New and then select Link to Application then you can use the dialog box that appears to create a desktop link to any application/script.

I prefer ffmpeg and use this command to convert ogg files to mp3

ffmpeg -i input.ogg -vn -ar 44100 -ac 2 -ab 192k -f mp3 output.mp3

And search is available from the top menu bar

Last edited by Dai_trying (2018-01-29 16:16)

bin

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2016-01-28

Posts: 1,333

Re: Getting Terminal to work on Q4OS Scorpion

@Tim036

Welcome to Q4OS

The default terminal application in the menu is Konsole