using linux based ftp for file transfer

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Andrew Swinn">

> If there is no menu entry under Applications it is highly possible that 
> the gnome-panel needs a restart to find the respective menu entry for 
> that application.
> 
> A handy trick to remember after you have installed an application, but 
> where a menu entry didnt appear is this.
> 
> Open up the run dialogue by pressing Alt-F2 and type in
> 	'killall gnome-panel'
> and hit Run.
> 
> This will stop your gnome-panel after which it will automatically 
> restart, hopefully with an entry for your newly installed program.

You should *never* need to do that. If this happens (menu items that do not
appear for which the .desktop actually exists, and do appear after a
gnome-panel restart), you need to file a bug.

- Jeff

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