All gnome-terminals are by default a single process, and hence killing that process kills the lot.
You can force a gnome-terminal into a separate instance by doing gnome-terminal --disable-factory Dave -- xkill kills all gnome-terminal instances https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/609089 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-terminal in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs