you can make minimo full screen, from the bottom left menu. What keyboard are you using? is it supported out of the box, or is it kbbd?

I am glad to see its working for you. Its a bit quirky, but it works pretty good. Have you tried dragging any video to mplayer, local or http link from minimo. You can also drag image links in minimo to wallpaper from the app/accessories/wallpaper/xxx

I still like the transparent xterm.