If you are anything like me, I can't live with just one terminal window open.

I have found a program called Terminator.

It has the capability to have many seperate terminals open in one window.

It is much easier than tabe from the default terminal application.

I have been playing with it for about a week now and I can't find anything that I dislike.

Here is a link to the website and a screenshot to go with it.

Terminator - Freshmeat

If you’re running Ubuntu Gutsy and want to stay up to date with the latest terminator. You can get the packages by adding the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome-terminator/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome-terminator/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse


Then run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install terminator

Good news is that it will be in the hardy release next month.

You can use the following keys to split your terminal views

Ctrl-Shift-E: will split the view vertically.

Ctrl-Shift-O: will split the view horizontally.

Ctrl-Shift-P: will focus be active on the previous view.

Ctrl-Shift-N: will focus be active on the next view.

Ctrl-Shift-W: will close the view where the focus is on.

Ctrl-Shift-Q: will exit terminator.

F11: will make terminator go fullscreen.

I have made a shortcut on my desktop with the -m option to make it start in maximised mode. Then I split my terminal windows from there.

  Update!!!

  Terminator is now in the hardy heron repositories.