Question 3.2: Starting a Terminal Session When using a Raspberry Pi, you n......
Starting a Terminal Session
When using a Raspberry Pi, you need to issue text commands in a Terminal.
Step-by-Step
Click on the LX Terminal icon on your desktop (Figure 3-3). If there is no shortcut on the desktop, you can also open a LX Terminal from the Start menu in the Accessories group.
Discussion
When the LX Terminal starts, it will be set to your home directory (/home/pi).
You can open as many Terminal sessions as you want. It is often useful to have a couple open in different directories so that you don’t have to constantly switch directories using cd (Recipe 3.3).
See Also
In the next section—Recipe 3.3—we will look at navigating the directory structure using the Terminal.
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