* An ongoing debate between Nicholas Boel and Ben Ritchey rages on ...   
      
    NB> I think running gnome-terminal with the --window --maximize (or   
    NB> --maximized, I forget) should do the trick for starting the   
    NB> application's window maximized when you load it up.   
      
   Bingo, almost. To get a maximized root terminal, I had to modify the   
   /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator perl script and added --maximize to the   
   exec!   
      
   Thank you, works great ;-)   
      
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