Re: No xterm (or equivalents) immediately accessible in default etch
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On 10/22/06 00:12, Jameson C. Burt wrote:
> We in Linux heavily use the command-line. So, I was dismayed when
> my new Debian etch version displayed a Gnome interface WITHOUT
> ANY XTERM (or GNOME-TERMINAL or KONSOLE) and not even any
> immediate panel options for these terminals.
>
> Gnome's "Add to Panel" includes a trashcan and a file-manager
> just like Microsoft, but not one of Unix's foundations -- a text
> terminal. I eventually kludged a gnome-terminal icon onto the
> Gnome panel. Or I can Applications -> Accessories --> Terminal
> but this should not be the primary approach to command-line
> entries.
>
> Yes, once I have a gnome-terminal running, future logins
> re-deploy it, and that's actually an improvement to making
> inclusions in ~/.xsession (although Gnome drops some applications
> from later logins as Sun did 10 years ago).
>
> THE XTERM (or its equivalent) SHOULD BE IN MY FACE THE VERY FIRST
> TIME I LOGIN, requiring at most a single obvious mouse click.
Criminy, what a whiner you are.
If you're such a power user, how difficult is it for you to
right-click on the Terminal icon and choose "Add this launcher to
panel"?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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