Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x

>>Is there a way to start up an application without leaving an xterm
>>floating around?
>>
> Either you start it with the "Run" command, if present in your window
> manager / desktop environment, or type an & after the command.
> Or, if you realise you've forgotten to background it with the &, press
> Ctrl+Z, (this will suspend the app and put it in the background). Then issue
> the bg command to make it continue running in the background. You can then
> close your xterm.

Starting an app with an additional & work in most cases but not all apps will respond as desired to this if you close the xterm it was started from. If an app still terminates when closing xterm, even if you added the &, try starting the app with nohup instead.

Syntax is simple:

nohup appname

R.K.Aa