Book II Chapter (Web design company) 1 Introducing the GUI Desktops
Friday, August 31st, 2007Book II Chapter 1 Introducing the GUI Desktops Introducing Fedora Core s GNOME Desktop 135 The following list touches on the major parts of the GNOME desktop and gives a brief description of each part s purpose: . Desktop icons: Double-click the Computer icon to view the contents of the computer and double-click the Home icon to open your home folder in a Nautilus File Manager window. The Trash icon holds deleted items. Double-click the Start Here icon to open a Nautilus window through which you can access the applications, preferences, and settings. . Main Menu: Brings up the Main Menu from which you can select applications to run. . Web Browser: Runs the Mozilla Web browser. . EMail: Starts the Ximian Evolution e-mail and calendar software. . OpenOffice.org Writer: Runs OpenOffice.org Writer, a Microsoft Wordlike word processor. . OpenOffice.org Impress: Runs the OpenOffice.org Impress slidepresentation program (which is similar to Microsoft PowerPoint). . OpenOffice.org Calc: Runs the OpenOffice.org Calc, a Microsoft Excellike spreadsheet program. . Print Manager: Runs the Print Manager, which you can use to set up and monitor printers. . Workspace Switcher: Each square brings up a different workspace. This has the same function as the Desktop Pager in KDE desktops. . Volume Control: Shows a volume control bar that you can use to change the sound s volume by dragging a slider. . Updates: Brings up the Red Hat Network window from which you can select updates to install. . Time: Brings up a calendar showing the current date. Click Main Menu (refer to Figure 1-14) to open the main menu and explore the categories. From the main menu, you can access nearly all applications and utilities in Fedora Core. Fedora Core s KDE desktop is configured to look very similar to its GNOME desktop. This makes it easy for Fedora Core users to switch between the two GUIs without having to relearn the menus and the location of icons on the panel.
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