Is xterm the terminal window we open in Ubuntu

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Published on 2010-03-31T11:24:35Z Indexed on 2010/03/31 11:33 UTC
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I know this is a very naive question.

I was reading somewhere that Linux allows 7 xterm's. However, I can start more than 7 terminal apps from my Ubuntu system (Application -> Accessories -> Terminal).

There is definetely a hole in my knowledge... will help if someone helped me understand the difference between an xterm and the Terminal application in a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu.

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