Linux Dummies 9th

Chapter 4: Examining the GNOME Desktop
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Menu Choice
Computer
CD/DVD Creator
Network
Connect To Server
Search
Recent Documents
What You Find
The hard drives and temporary media available on your
system.
A special folder for pulling together files that you want to
burn onto a CD or DVD.
The computers and hard drives available on your network.
A tool for connecting to many different types of servers.
A filesystem search tool that looks inside files as well as at
their names.
Documents you have opened lately.
System
The System menu provides access to your system configurations. As a general
rule, GNOME provides two types of configuration settings:
✓ User-specific settings: Items that only affect the way your user account
operates on the system, such as screen resolution, background colors,
and keyboard preferences.
✓ System-specific settings: Items that affect the entire Linux system, such
as network settings, sound settings, and user accounts.
Table 4-3 details how these settings appear on the System menu.
Table 4-3
Menu Choice
Preferences
Administration
Help
About GNOME
Lock Screen
Log Out user
Shut Down
System Menu Contents
What You Find
Your individual user settings.
System-wide settings.
The GNOME help tool.
Information about GNOME.
The capability to set your machine so no one can use your
GNOME login without entering your password (not used in
Ubuntu).
Enables you to leave your current login session (not used in Ubuntu).
Hibernate (put into sleep/hibernation mode), Restart (reboot), or
Shut Down (shut off) the machine (not used in Ubuntu).