Re: Unable to get into X

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Marko Vojinovic wrote:

>> An ignorant question, but do the terms "virtual terminal", "desktop"
>> and "virtual desktop" all mean the same thing?
> 
> No, they don't. Virtual terminal is what is also called a text console,
> the thing you get into with ctrl-alt-Fn. The "desktop" can mean a lot of
> things, but in this context it usually means the visible work-area you see
> on the screen when running X. A "virtual desktop" is another such surface,
> which is not currently visible and to which you can switch using the pager
> or some shortcut or otherwise.

Thanks for the enlightenment.
Apologies for the OT query.

I see now that Alt-Tab switches between virtual desktops 
on my F-16/KDE system.

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