Linux: GUI Apps Command Names

Here's the most common GUI apps's command names.

terminal

xterm

Ancient, classic, from X11.

uxterm

Wrapper to xterm with Unicode support [see Unicode Search 😄]

gnome-terminal

From Gnome desktop.

xfce4-terminal

From xfce desktop.

lxterm

From lxde. Wrapper to xterm, from lxde desktop.

[see Linux: How to Switch to LXDE, Xfce]

File Manager (Folder Viewer)

nautilus

From gnome

thunar

From xfce

pcmanfm

From lxde

CPU Monitor

Xfce4-taskmanager

From xfce

gnome-system-monitor

From gnome. This one sucks CPU majorly

Software Update

• update-manager

Text Editor

• gedit

Image Viewer

Linux: Image Viewers

PDF Viewer

• evince
• mupdf

File Compression

file-roller

gnome

[see Linux: Extract tar zip gzip lzip bzip2 xz rar]

Search

gnome-search-tool

Dictionary

gnome-dictionary

Require internet

xfce4-dict

Require internet

Calculator

gnome-calculator

(alias gcalctool)

Unicode Character Viewer

gucharmap

Task Bar (Launcher, Panel, Dock)

xfce4-panel

xfce

lxpanel

lxde

Music Players

Linux: Music Players

Audio Control Panel

pavucontrol

for PulseAudio.

[see Linux: PulseAudio Control Panel Command Line]

Other

To find more, in terminal, type “gnome-” then Tab to list. Example:

• gnome-menus-blacklist
• gnome-settings-daemon
• gnome-character-map
• gnome-nettool
• gnome-sound-applet
• gnome-codec-install
• gnome-panel-screenshot
• gnome-sound-recorder
• gnome-control-center
• gnome-power-statistics
• gnome-sudoku
• gnome-file-share-properties
• gnome-screensaver
• gnome-system-log
• gnome-font-viewer
• gnome-screensaver-command
• gnome-system-monitor
• gnome-help
• gnome-screenshot
• gnome-terminal
• gnome-keyring
• gnome-search-tool
• gnome-terminal.wrapper
• gnome-keyring-3
• gnome-session
• gnome-text-editor
• gnome-keyring-daemon
• gnome-session-properties
• gnome-thumbnail-font
• gnome-language-selector
• gnome-session-quit
• gnome-www-browser

Note: not all GUI apps from Gnome starts with “gnome-”.