On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 10:13 -0700, Ben Tobias wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > > > Malcolm Northcott wrote: > > > >> On previous versions of Fedora the top item on the desktop right click > >> menu produced a terminal window. Under FC5 the top item now produces an > >> empty folder on the desktop. I'm tired of filling my desktop with empty > >> folders, and would like to restore the create terminal command to the > >> top of the menu list. Does anyone know how to change this menu. > >> Thanks, > >> Mal. > >> > > > > Even better! > > > > http://linux.rasmil.dk/cms/modules/news/ > > > > Mike > > Okay. That is great. I have been used to opening terminal windows with > the right click for years. I have to ask: why was it removed? Is it to > keep "ordinary users" from having access to it? Adding it back with the > command mentioned at the above link is easy enough but I really question > the wisdom of removing it in the first place. ---- gnome seemingly has adopted an ever changing theory of simplifying the user space to minimize user confusion (hence options/configuration options). I tossed in the towel and have switched to KDE lately. Craig
