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[ubuntu] I have three different terminal versions

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I recently made a virgin install of 12.04LTS on my HP machine--no other OS is present other than Ubuntu. I note that I now have three different "Terminals" installed. This is running Gnome Classic. Terminal 1. Applications>Accessories>Terminal Terminal 2. Applications>System Tools>UXTerm Terminal 3. Applications>System Tools>XTerm Now all of these have slightly different properties. For example, I had installed on my Desktop a file called "tmp" which is was locked (little lock symbol), I was not the owner. When I opened the standard Terminal (Terminal 1 (Hardware)

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