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.
 | Minimizing & Maximizing Screens |
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| | A screen can be minimized, or "hidden", by clicking on the _ in the upper-left
corner. Buttons for minimized screens appear in the panel at the bottom
of the screen. Click on a button to maximize its' screen. If you have
your panel hidden, middle-click on the desktop and place your cursor
over Windows. A list of open screens appears and
you can select the one you want to maximize.
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You can add icons to the desktop to provide you with quick launchers to
applications or files (a CD player, your floppy drive, etc.)
Drag and drop icons from the panel, an open file
manager window, or the GNOME main menu.
| Mounting a Device |
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| | Ordinarily, you can use your drives (floppy, CD, etc) 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 are 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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