Installing the Hotwire Graphical Terminal.
Hotwire is a GUI based terminal that uses auto completion to make long commands very easy. Hotwire is perfect for beginners as it provides a very easy to learn interface. It is also meant for advanced users who are already terminal experts. Its does not replace the Terminal completely but it will provide a more efficient process. Now a user doesn't need to memorize all the terminal commands to unleash its power. The user just has to launch a normal program and select what they want to do within it.
An example would be the "ls" command. When you type this into Bash or the Terminal you get a list of the contents of the present directory. Typing ls in Hotwire returns a window full of clickable contents, complete with sizes, modification times, ownership and permissions info, and even thumbnail icons. Nice efficient tool if you learn how to use it. There is a Windows port of hotwire as well.
Recently hotwire was added to the GNOME Desktop Environment section of the Universe Repository. So once again this installation will be simple. Fire up Synaptic, search for hotwire. After installation hotwire will be in the system tools section of the gnome-menu. I suggest to put a keyboard shortcut for hotwire. Check out the hotwire tutorial link that is in the main window of the program.
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