How to Open Firefox from a terminal in Linux Mint 17

Here is an easy way you can open firefox from a terminal.  Just type the command "firefox", without quotes and press enter.  A new firefox window will open and you can begin browsing.  You can use this technique on other programs as well you just need to research the command for the particular program you want to open.

Installing a Wifi Driver on Linux Mint 17

Did you just freshly install Linux Mint 17 and can not connect to your wireless wifi?  You may need to check that your wifi's driver is installed correctly.  Go to Driver Manager after clicking the main menu button and a driver should be recommended to use.  Just make sure you select the driver and click Apply Changes.  It might look something like this;

Having A Terminal Pop Up Automatically After Logging In on Linux Mint

So today I wanted to learn how to have a terminal window show up when I log in to my Linux Mint 17 account.  After asking on the Linux Mint forums I got an answer that worked.

What the user said to do was find the path that the terminal resides in.  The command the user gave me was

ls -l /usr/bin/*terminal

This will show you where the terminal is located and the terminals name.

On Linux Mint 17 xfce you go to Session and Start Up >> Application Autostart and Add the entry.

Name: Terminal (is what i called mine)

Comment:  Open a terminal window (for me)

Command: /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal (for me)

Close the windows and restart.  A terminal should pop up when you log in.