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[Şerban S.]

I am fairly new to Linux, [...]

Well, I have 8 years of daily use and I still consider myself "fairly new", to quote you.
I find Linux amazing and always evolving so, there is always something for me to learn and I do my best to learn and IF I can, share the findings!

  [...] but I have used the terminal window to do installs and this is the 1st time this ever happened.  [...]

I am surprised... I've noticed this behaviour on the CLI and i thought the same: "Maybe I did something wrong!". Then I searched Google for something else CLI related and I found this mention about the "frozen prompt". Then I found details in a Linux book. I forgot the name, I have lots of books on Linux and I use those on a "Need-to-know" basis. Never been a CLI geek or fan so, I use it "instead of...". Sometimes, it proves to be the most (Single?) efficient way though...

  [...] I will see if I can find what you suggested.  [...]

I'm sure it's there, I recently installed Linux Lite 5.0 on a "new" machine (so to speak... it's a SH but it's a great one!). See Dell Precision T1700.

  [...] Thanks  [...]

Glad to help!
Mark the thread as "SOLVED" if it works.

Best regards and good luck!