xonsh from linux A shell is an interactive programming environment (like basic) that is the primary interface for communicating with the computer. (remember Co

xonsh from linux A shell is an interactive programming environment (like basic) that is the primary interface for communicating with the computer. (remember Commodore BASIC was also how you used the computer) Linux with auto-login directly into a shell with xonsh as default does exactly this. Go directly into a shell from a PTTY or set up your desktop environment to automatically launch a terminal.