Yakuake

Infobox_Software
name = Yakuake


caption = Yakuake on KDE 3.5 (Debian)
developer = Eike Hein & François Chazal (inactive)
latest_release_version = 2.9.4
latest_release_date = September 4, 2008
operating_system = Linux
genre = Terminal Emulator
license = GPL
website = [http://yakuake.kde.org/ Yakuake.KDE.org]

Yakuake (Yet Another Kuake) is a KDE terminal emulator. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again.

Running Yakuake is faster than launching a new terminal with a keyboard shortcut because the program is already loaded into memory, and so can be useful to people who frequently find themselves opening and closing terminals for odd tasks.

See also

*aterm
*Eterm
*rxvt
*xterm
*Konsole
*Guake - another GNOME drop-down terminal
*Tilda - Similar function under GNOME
*Kuake - A former project under KDE

External links

* [http://extragear.kde.org/apps/yakuake/ Yakuake's website on KDE Extragear]
* [http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=29153 Yakuake page on kde-apps.org]