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GNOME Desktop in Red Hat

GNOME Desktop in Red Hat

GNOME is the default graphical desktop environment for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It provides an integrated application such as Nautilus file manager and gedit text editor that let you use mouse and keyboard combination to cut, copy, past, move and remove files folder and other items on the desktop. Graphical administration tool on GNOME menus let you monitor processes, configure services, and contact remote systems.

GNOME Desktop user guide

1. panel: area in the GNOME Desktop where you have access to certain actions or information, no matter what the state of your application windows.

2. applet: a small interactive application that resides within a panel, for example the volume control. Each applet has a simple user interface that you can operate with the mouse or keyboard.

3. workspace: a discrete area in the GNOME Desktop in which you can work. Workspaces are essentially separate desktop screen which have the same background, pannels,pannels menus, applet, but which may have different application windows.
shortcut key of workspace:  Clrl+Alt+LeftArrow or  Clrl+Alt+RightArrow

Changing your password

Change the user password first select the System->Preferences->About Me menu item. A windows will appear displaying information about user.
Click the Change Password button. Type password in the dialog box that appear then click ok. Another dialog box will appear asking for the new password. Type your new password then click ok. Repeat to confirm the new password and click close once the information is updated.

Log out the system

Select the System-> Log Out user name

Lock the screen

Select the System->Lock Screen

Switch to the other user account without log out

Left click on the user name displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen then select the Switch User menu item. When the GNOME login screen appears, click on the other user name account.


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