Changing Color Schemes, Transparency of Ubuntu Terminal

Changing Color Schemes, Transparency of Ubuntu Terminal is quite easy in Ubuntu Terminal to make it refreshing looking and for easy reading of the fonts. Most of us probably wants a transparent black Terminal with easy to read Green Font. Here is how make the Terminal of Ubuntu 12.04 looking more good than default. Here is detailed guide to for Changing Color Schemes, Transparency of Ubuntu Terminal along with few basic commands.

Changing Color Schemes, Transparency of Ubuntu Terminal

Changing Color Schemes, Transparency of Ubuntu Terminal can be done right within the Terminal Console by simple right Click and selecting profile preference. Historically, we used many years ago coding to change the appearance in UNIX and UNIX like OS. Those days has past, changing Color Schemes, Transparency of Ubuntu Terminal is more easier now than any paid Operating System :

I have unchecked the menubar showing option, that is making to look it more sleek. As you can see the system color profile has been unchecked and two options from the dropdown has been selected in the colors Tab :

Then click the Background Tab, select the Transparent Background option and drag the transparency to ~70% that will give the above look.

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Actually Syntax highlighting can be configured too. It actually helps while editing remote servers’ files. By default there is Syntax highlighting (type ls and hit Enter key to check, the name of the folders will be blue.)

So the last part of this Changing Color Schemes, Transparency of Ubuntu Terminal guide is the promise of some basic command. One important command is to use as root user by typing :

It will ask for password. Provide it. Then if you type :

This is actually the root where we enter with SSH Telnet Clients from our Windows PC with PuTTY or From Mac.