Comments on: Adding “Open Terminal” to Gnome Context Menu http://linuxneophyte.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/ Trials of a Linux Newb. Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:36:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: doru http://linuxneophyte.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-6836 doru Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:40:53 +0000 http://newbie.linuxworldnet.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/#comment-6836 Thanks! I had no idea this package would exist. It saves me of a lot of cd commands :) Thanks! I had no idea this package would exist. It saves me of a lot of cd commands :)

]]> By: M@ http://linuxneophyte.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 M@ Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:03:29 +0000 http://newbie.linuxworldnet.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/#comment-1026 Installing software is an administrative task and SHOULD ask you for the root password. Using the software once it's installed can be done without root. If you don't have the root pass, you'll need to ask the machine administrator to install the software for you. This is intended and is a good thing. It prevents un-authorized users (or worse, malware) from installing any ole' thing. I should mention that this is exactly opposite of the default behavior in Windows XP. Out of the box, you're running XP with administrative privs and that is a big part of the reason so many Windows machines are infested with crapware. Ill informed users install anything/everything, they also tend to double click on anything ending in .exe. This is a great way to get yourself owned. Installing software is an administrative task and SHOULD ask you for the root password. Using the software once it’s installed can be done without root. If you don’t have the root pass, you’ll need to ask the machine administrator to install the software for you.

This is intended and is a good thing. It prevents un-authorized users (or worse, malware) from installing any ole’ thing.

I should mention that this is exactly opposite of the default behavior in Windows XP. Out of the box, you’re running XP with administrative privs and that is a big part of the reason so many Windows machines are infested with crapware. Ill informed users install anything/everything, they also tend to double click on anything ending in .exe. This is a great way to get yourself owned.

]]> By: Chris http://linuxneophyte.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Chris Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:30:28 +0000 http://newbie.linuxworldnet.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/#comment-1025 Right... Then it asks me for the root password. How about if I don't have root access to the machine? Could it be that I can't have such a simple functionality if I'm not root? I swear, sometimes, I feel like they are trying into a new-unconfigurable-microsoft-windows :( Right…
Then it asks me for the root password. How about if I don’t have root access to the machine?

Could it be that I can’t have such a simple functionality if I’m not root? I swear, sometimes, I feel like they are trying into a new-unconfigurable-microsoft-windows :(

]]> By: Chris http://linuxneophyte.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Chris Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:59:53 +0000 http://newbie.linuxworldnet.com/adding-open-terminal-to-gnome-context-menu/#comment-390 Awesome - that was driving me nuts! Awesome – that was driving me nuts!

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