Your first view of GNOME will look something like Figure 2-1.
The GNOME environment is called a desktop. This is the area where you
have application launchers, document windows, lists of files (folders),
and so on.
The long bar across the bottom of the desktop is known as the panel. The
panel displays application launchers and status indicators, such as the
current time, minimized applications you are running, and more.
The icons elsewhere on the desktop can be file folders or application
launchers. To open a folder or launch an application, double-click on
its icon.
 | Mounting a Device |
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| | Ordinarily, you can use your drives just by clicking on them. Most
devices are now mounted automatically. But occasionally you may get an
error message, telling you a device needs to be mounted. When you
mount a floppy or CD-ROM, you're making that device's contents
available to you. For example, to mount a CD-ROM, type the following
command at a shell prompt:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom |
This command tells the system which device (/dev/cdrom) to mount and
where to mount it (on the /mnt/cdrom directory).
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