The standard X11 terminal emulator. Extremely lightweight and robust, with full VT220/VT340 and Tektronix 4014 emulation.
Ubuntu 24.04 ships xterm 390. This build provides patch #407 with modern usability improvements compiled in by default:
--enable-wide-chars and --enable-256-colorclipboard-keys) that can be suppressed via *omitTranslation: clipboard-keys in Xresources| Feature | Ubuntu 24.04 (patch 390) | NetLinux (patch 407) |
| Ctrl+Shift+C/V clipboard | No (requires Xresources) | Yes (built-in default) |
| Monochrome mode | No | Yes (VT Options menu toggle) |
| Upstream patch level | 390 | 407 |
| Wide character support | Yes | Yes |
| 256-colour support | Yes | Yes |
| Version | 407-2netlinux1-1 |
|---|---|
| Architecture | amd64 |
| Component | main |
| Download | xterm_407-2netlinux1-1_amd64.deb |
| Upstream | invisible-island.net/xterm |
| Source | github.com/netlinux-ai/xterm |
sudo apt install xterm
See the main page for repository setup instructions.