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Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet
Table 4-1 (continued)
Menu Choice
Internet
Office
Sound & Video
System Tools
Add/Remove
Software
What You Find
A few Internet tools you will find discussed in Chapters 9 and
10, such as Evolution (e-mail and calendar program), Pidgin
(instant messenger), and Firefox (Web browser).
The OpenOffice.org suite of applications (discussed in Chapter
12) and other useful productivity programs.
Programs, such as a CD player and sound recorder, for working with
your computer’s multimedia hardware (see Chapters 13 and 14).
Tools, such as a file browser and a software updater (not used in
Ubuntu), for managing, monitoring, and updating your system.
Opens the application installation and removal utility.
Places
The Places menu (described in Table 4-2) is a little more standard. The
GNOME desktop provides several folders for storing specific types of data.
The Places menu provides one-stop shopping for accessing all your folders.
Table 4-2
Menu Choice
Home Folder
Desktop
Documents
Music
Pictures
Videos
Download
Places Menu Contents
What You Find
The contents of your user account’s home directory, as
discussed in Chapter 7.
The contents of your user account’s Desktop directory, which
contains files and folders that should appear on your desktop.
The content of your user account’s Documents directory, in
which you can choose to place files you’re working on.
The content of your user account’s Music directory, in
which you can save your music files.
The content of your user account’s Pictures directory,
where you can save your images.
The content of your user account’s Videos directory, where
you can save videos.
Your user account’s Download directory (not used in
Ubuntu), where your online downloads end up.