Also, by going 'K' > run command then typing xterm
into the window, you can pull up xterm. Just did it.
OR
right click on taskbar > add > application button
browse all > XShells > Xterm
It will add the icon (sorry, just a generic one, to
the task bar, but when you 'hover' over it, it will
tell you it is the xterminal button.
Unfortunately, due to running off the cdrom, it will
be lost when you shutdown. On an install of SM, it
will be permanent.
Like I said earlier RE: konsole is already there. on
the left of the time button.
--- Victor Odhner <
vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
> I'm trying to break back into the Linux world
> after shuffling my hard disks all around, but
> I'm doing it slowly and trying a wide range of
> distros. For starters, I'm playing with live CDs.
>
> I brought up Simply Mepis today and tried to do
> an FTP transfer, but could not find a command
> shell window except by breaking out to the
> Console (Ctrl-Alt-F1), and could not find an
> Xterm except "as root".
>
> I know they are partly trying to make Windows
> users feel comfortable, but they did too good
> a job of disguising Linux as Free Windows.
> This is the first Linux distro I've ever
> seen that didn't have an Xterm launcher on the
> taskbar.
>
> I thought the overall interface was nice, but
> how do you go about lifting the hood on this
> thing?
>
> Also, when I couldn't find a command line, I
> tried bringing up Gftp and was unable to find a
> "connect" button ... never got online with it.
> I tried "transfer" but it said no transfers were
> requested. It would not bring up my Cox "personal
> web" directory, never tried to make an FTP
> connection at all. I'm used to FileZilla on
> Windows for example. It did OK browsing the
> local filesystems.
>
> Another Mepis comment: I find their designation
> of filesystems to be very confusing, because they
> seem to be calling their ramdisk /dev/hda1.
> Took me a minute to find /mnt/hda1. (It had no
> problem browsing my NTFS volume.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vic
>
> P.S. Incidentally, I was unable to get Cox to
> hold an FTP connection last night ... turned out
> to be a Cox problem. I let Mepis sit overnight
> and Cox was ready to do a transfer this morning.
> I've never had this problem with Cox before.
>
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