Konsole is an X terminal emulation which provides a command-line interface (CLI) while using the graphical K Desktop Environment. Konsole helps to better organize user's desktop by containing multiple sessions in a single window (a less cluttered desktop). . Its advanced features include a simple configuration and the ability to use multiple terminal shells in a single window . Using Konsole, a user can open: . Linux console sessions Midnight Commander file manager sessions Shell sessions Root consoles sessions . This package is part of KDE, and a component of the KDE base module. See the 'kde' and 'kdebase' packages for more information.