System Settings
These utilities are on the GNOME System Settings menu, which you find by using the GNOME Menu or the Start Here window:
Add/Remove Applications: Adds and deletes RPM packages. See Appendix E for more information.
Authentication: Deals with all forms of Linux user account authentication. The default settings should satisfy most people’s needs.
Date & Time: Sets the date, time, and time zone of your Linux computer. You can also configure the automatic time synchronizer — the Network Time Protocol (NTP) — daemon.
Display: Allows you to configure both your video driver and monitor. Refer to Chapter 4 for more information.
Keyboard: Lets you choose the nationality of your keyboard.
Language: Helps you choose the default language of your computer.
Login Screen: Lets you configure the look and feel, and other aspects, of your login screen.
Mouse: Configures your mouse.
Network: Configures your network interfaces. You can also use it to turn network devices on and off. Refer to Chapters 5, 6, and 7 for examples of how to use this tool.
Printing: Configures a printer. Chapter 16 provides an example that uses this utility.
Root Password: Sets the root password.
Security Level: Configures your workstation’s IP filtering firewall (using Iptables) with this system. You may recall that you were given three standard firewall configuration options during the Red Hat Linux installation described in Chapter 3. This tool allows you to duplicate those settings and then customize them.
Soundcard Detection: Detects and configures your sound card. Chapter 11 has further instructions.
Users and Groups: Creates new users and groups. You can also modify existing ones. Chapter 4 shows how to use this utility.