xfce is the window manager used for Eeedora. The default shortcut key to start a terminal is Ctrl + Alt + T. One way to modify the initial size and position of this window: open ~/.config/Terminal/terminalrc (someone wrote to me that this file has now moved to ~/.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc) change the line with MiscDefaultGeometry, to (for example): MiscDefaultGeometry=80x40+0+0 (40 lines of 80 characters wide) (the +0+0 positions the window 0 pixels from the left, and 0 pixels from the top of the screen, i.e. in the top left corner)