1 LINUX Desktops Using the GNOME and KDE Desktops Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora, 4th Edition By Bill McCarty, 2004

2 LINUX Desktops Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Core support two desktops:  GNOME and KDE

3 Using the GNOME Desktop When you first log in to your Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora Core system,  you will see the GNOME desktop  The contents of your desktop may be slightly different

4 Switching to GNOME from KDE If you want to launch a GNOME session,  but KDE is configured as the default desktop environment: select Gnome from the Session menu of the system login screen. Of course, GNOME must be installed in order for this to work.

5 The GNOME Desktop Content

6 The GNOME Desktop Right click to:  Creating a new folder  Creating a new launcher  Opening a terminal window ... Pager  provides what's called a virtual desktop a desktop that's larger than the size of your monitor screen Home Directory icon  to access the file manager called Nautilus

7 The GNOME Desktop Drive icons  If you have permission to mount a CD-ROM or floppy drive,  and media is present, your desktop includes an icon representing the drive  You can see the content of the media Double click on the icon

8 The GNOME Desktop Start Here icon  To access to GNOME facilities: Applications  The Applications icon lets you launch various applications. Preferences  to view and modify a variety of preferences, including  those for the desktop,  document handlers,  user interface look and feel,  multimedia,  peripherals. System Settings  access to tools for  viewing and modifying the system configuration

9 The GNOME Desktop Trash icon  view files that have been deleted by using Nautilus the shell's rm command  are not stored in the trash To process trash  Simply double-click the icon  GNOME launches Nautilus to view the folder where deleted files are stored  To restore a deleted file, you can drag it to a new location  To permanently delete files right-clicking the Trash icon select Empty Trash

10 The GNOME Panel the GNOME panel  appears along the bottom edge of the display you can move the panel  to a different location;  click and drag the panel to the desired location. The panel functionally  resembles the Windows taskbar;  you can use it to launch programs, switch from one program to another, and perform other tasks

11 Default GNOME panel Main menu  presents a menu to choose a variety of programs. Web browser  Launches the Mozilla web browser.  Launches the Evolution client OpenOffice Writer  Launches the OpenOffice word processor OpenOffice Impress  Launches the OpenOffice presentation creator OpenOffice Calc  Launches the OpenOffice spreadsheet, described Print Manager  Manages printers and documents queued for printing

12 Default GNOME panel Pager Task list  The task list contains a button for each active task.  Clicking a task's button raises the task's window to the front of the screen Volume Control  Lets you adjust the level of sound  appears only if your system has a sound adapter. Alert Notification Tool  Alerts you when errata or updates are available. Clock  The clock displays your system's current time.

13 Using GNOME Terminal Similar to the MS-DOS Prompt window provides a window in  to type shell commands  and view their output To launch GNOME terminal,  right-click the desktop  select New Terminal from the pop-up menu. You can open multiple GNOME terminal windows if you like.

14 View of GNOME Terminal

15 Editing terminal settings The Edit => Current Profile  lets you configure the operation of GNOME terminal

16 Using the KDE Desktop If your system is configured to use GNOME  you can launch a KDE session,  select KDE from the Session menu of the system login screen.  KDE must be installed!

17 View of The KDE desktop

18 Using Konqueror KDE's file manager and web browser To launch:  click the home directory icon resembles a small house superimposed on a larger file folder  click the Start (red hat) icon and then clicking Home  Konqueror displays the content of your /home folder

19 clicking the Tree View icon, it is the rightmost icon on Konqueror's toolbar,  you can cause Konqueror to display information in a format resembles the familiar two-pane layout  used by the Microsoft Windows Explorer  and GNOME's Nautilus.

20 Konqueror: displaying folder contents

21 Konqueror's detailed mode in Tree View

22 End of Chapter LINUX Desktops