CMD not working
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G'day from DownUnder @dfleisch1 and welcome ro linux.org 
That is possible.
1. I would first check if you have had a Timeshift snapshot taken.
Open Menu - System - Timeshift
If there is a snapshot available from before when the problem started, restore it, it will reboot your system on conclusion.
2. If that does not work - do you know if you are using the Cinnamon DE (desktop environment) or Xfce or MATE? If you are not sure, click Menu - start to type in welcome and click, bottom right corner of popup window will tell.
If Cinnamon, you are using gnome-terminal; if MATE, mate-terminal, if Xfce, xfce4-terminal.
I would use Synaptic or Software Manager to put on one of the alternatives and see if it works.
Cheers
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
That is possible.
1. I would first check if you have had a Timeshift snapshot taken.
Open Menu - System - Timeshift
If there is a snapshot available from before when the problem started, restore it, it will reboot your system on conclusion.
2. If that does not work - do you know if you are using the Cinnamon DE (desktop environment) or Xfce or MATE? If you are not sure, click Menu - start to type in welcome and click, bottom right corner of popup window will tell.
If Cinnamon, you are using gnome-terminal; if MATE, mate-terminal, if Xfce, xfce4-terminal.
I would use Synaptic or Software Manager to put on one of the alternatives and see if it works.
Cheers
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
Pardon me folks. Not trying to hijack the thread here, but I do have a question.
What is "cmd"? I've only been using Linux for a couple of years, but I've never seen this command.
I opened terminal and tried it. This is the result, "Command 'cmd' not found, but there are 21 similar ones."
Confused I am.
What is "cmd"? I've only been using Linux for a couple of years, but I've never seen this command.
I opened terminal and tried it. This is the result, "Command 'cmd' not found, but there are 21 similar ones."
Confused I am.
cmd is a windoze term for the terminal.
As memory serves, that was only true through the 98 series of releases. ME (and XP and the versions since) have had no DOS in the mix. There was still a command line, but it was no longer DOS.
Funny how terminology changes over time isn't it?
I could offer a light hearted argument as to it no longer being DOS. DOS is not actually a word, rather it's acronym. Disk, Operating, System.
So, by that definition, any operating system stored on a disk, floppy or hard, fits the definition. Windows, Linux, Amigados, Apple OS, whatever, if it is stored on and runs from a spinning disk, it's a DOS.
SSDs and thumb drives however, are not. Would those then be SSDOS's?
I'll just apologize for the levity now. Sorry, I'll shut up now.
I could offer a light hearted argument as to it no longer being DOS. DOS is not actually a word, rather it's acronym. Disk, Operating, System.
So, by that definition, any operating system stored on a disk, floppy or hard, fits the definition. Windows, Linux, Amigados, Apple OS, whatever, if it is stored on and runs from a spinning disk, it's a DOS.
SSDs and thumb drives however, are not. Would those then be SSDOS's?
I'll just apologize for the levity now. Sorry, I'll shut up now.
