Chapter 6. The GNOME Desktop
Capplet in Chapter 10
IMPORTANT: Most window managers will give you the option of
having multiple desktops which are different from desktop areas.
Desktop areas are virtual extensions of one desktop whereas
multiple desktops are actually separate.
The default setup of GNOME is to use desktop areas with only
one desktop. The reason for this is because in older applications,
such as those which use Motif, users can experience problems
with some drag and drop functionality across desktops.
Other Desktop Menus
There are a few desktop menus you may choose from in GNOME.
These menus are accessed by making a right-button mouse click on
any clean space on the desktop. This will bring up the pop-up menu
which contains a few items:
• New | Terminal - This will launch a new GNOME Terminal
window that will automatically navigate to the ~/.gnome-desktop
directory.
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