Despite Mac OS X's great graphical interface, you can still get a lot done from the command line of a plain ol' text terminal window. If you came from the UNIX or Linux world, it is a must-have. I normally have at least one Apple Terminal window open on my Mac. But, I preferred something like Gnome Terminal with a few more options and features. Enter...

iTerm: The Terminal Redefined

iTerm is an Open Source terminal emulator available as an easy to install Mac OS X universal binary. The latest version was released on December 4.

Tabbed shells, bookmarks, and window transparency are only a few of the enhancements you'll find when using iTerm.

After launching iTerm for the first time tonight, it checked for an update, found a minor point release, updated itself, and restarted the terminal session. Nice :-)