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. --- Jameson C. Burt, NJ9L Fairfax, Virginia, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.coost.com (202) 690-0380 (work) LTSP.org: magic "mysterious and awe-inspiring even though we know they are real and not supernatural" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
