How to add items to the desktop right click menu

[Craig White]

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.
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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