GNOME Desktop User Guide

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GNOME Desktop User Guide

Abstract

The GNOME User Guide is a collection of documentation which details general use of the GNOME Desktop environment. Topics covered include sessions, panels, menus, file management, and preferences.

GNOME Desktop User Guide

Authors

Sun GNOME Documentation Team. Affiliation: Sun Microsystems

Shaun McCance. Affiliation: GNOME Documentation Project. Email: shaunm@gnome.org

Karderio. Affiliation: GNOME Documentation Project. Email: karderio at gmail dot com

Joachim Noreiko. Affiliation: GNOME Documentation Project. Email: jnoreiko at yahoo dot com

Daniel Espinosa Ortiz. Affiliation: GNOME Documentation Project. Email: esodan at gmail dot com

Brent Smith. Affiliation: GNOME Documentation Project. Email: gnome at nextreality dot net

Tim Littlemore. Affiliation: GNOME Documentation Project. Email: tim at tjl2 dot com

John Stowers. Affiliation: GNOME Documentation Project. Email: john dot stowers at gmail dot com

Nigel Tao. Affiliation: GNOME Documentation Project. Email: nigel dot tao at myrealbox dot com

Publisher

GNOME Documentation Project

Copyright

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History

GNOME 2.14. 2006-02-03. Author: Karderio. Publisher: GNOME Documentation Project.

GNOME 2.10. 2005-03-08. Author: Shaun McCance. Publisher: GNOME Documentation Project.

GNOME 2.8 Desktop User Guide V2.8 September 2004GNOME Documentation Project

GNOME 2.4 Desktop User Guide V2.7September 2003Sun MicrosystemsGNOME Documentation Project

GNOME 2.4 Desktop User Guide V2.6August 2003Sun MicrosystemsGNOME Documentation Project
GNOME 2.2.1 Desktop User Guide V2.5March 2003Sun MicrosystemsGNOME Documentation Project
GNOME 2.2 Desktop User Guide V2.4January 2003Sun MicrosystemsGNOME Documentation Project
GNOME 2.0 Desktop User Guide V2.3October 2002Sun MicrosystemsGNOME Documentation Project
GNOME 2.0 Desktop User Guide V2.2August 2002Sun MicrosystemsGNOME Documentation Project
GNOME 2.0 Desktop User Guide V2.1August 2002Sun MicrosystemsGNOME Documentation Project
GNOME 2.0 Desktop User Guide V1.0May 2002Sun MicrosystemsGNOME Documentation Project

This manual describes version 2.14 of the GNOME desktop.

GNOME Desktop User Guide
Table of Content

1. Basic Skills
1.1. Mouse Skills
1.2. Keyboard Skills

2. Desktop Overview
      2.1 Introduction
      2.2 The Desktop
      2.3 Windows
      2.4 Workspaces
      2.5 Applications

3. Desktop Sessions
      3.1 Starting a Session
      3.2 Locking Your Screen
      3.3 Managing the Session
      3.4 Ending a Session

4. Working With Panels
      4.1 Introduction
      4.2 Managing Panels
      4.3 Panel Objects
      4.4 Applets
      4.5 Launchers
      4.6 Buttons
      4.7 Menus
      4.8 Drawers
      4.9 Default Panel Objects