لطفا منتظر باشید ...
Introducing the GNOME Desktop Environment
GNOME stands for GNU Network Object Model Environment. (GNU itself stands for GNU’s Not UNIX, a recursive acronym designed by guys who probably never went to their prom but did change the world.) If you have trouble remembering acronyms, just think of GNOME as great graphics for nada money. However you remember it, GNOME is an open source graphical desktop environment. It provides a platform for completing your everyday tasks, such as word processing and Internet browsing, on your Red Hat Linux computer.Log in to your Red Hat Linux computer and check out the GNOME interface. It should look something like Figure 9-1 and consists of these three major elements:
Figure 9-1: The GNOME desktop.
The desktop: Quite simply, the desktop is what you see on your computer screen. It’s the space where you do your work and is equivalent — ta-da! — to the top of a desk. The desktop comes preconfigured with a background and several icons that include links to such places as your home directory and the trash bin. Icons are equivalent to the junk you pile on your desk: Some is useful and some isn’t.Tip When you double-click the home directory (or right-click and choose Open), a Nautilus window opens and displays the contents of those directories. Nautilus is a graphical system for working with not only files and directories but also administration utilities and Web pages. See Chapter 10 for more information about Nautilus.
The Panel: The menu bar that runs across the bottom edge of your GNOME screen is the Panel. You can access every GNOME function and Red Hat or third-party application from the GNOME Panel. It represents the drawers in a desk.
Applications: These elements include user system and GNOME-level applications. User programs include applications such as Mozilla, Evolution, XMMS, and Xine. System applications include the Red Hat Linux system administration utilities, such as network configuration and user management utilities, and GNOME utilities, such as the Help browser. Applications are equivalent to the toys and work to be done on and in your desk.
