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Red Hat Linux 7.1: The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide Prev Chapter 2. The GNOME Desktop Environment Next The Desktop Your first view of GNOME will look something like Figure 2-1. Figure 2-1. A GNOME Desktop The GNOME environment is called a desktop. This is the area where you have application launchers, document windows, lists of files (folders), and so on. The long bar across the bottom of the desktop is known as the panel. The panel displays application launchers and status indicators, such as the current time, minimized applications you are running, and more. The icons elsewhere on the desktop can be file folders or application launchers. To open a folder or launch an application, double-click on its icon. Figure 2-2. Folders and Launchers on the Desktop Mounting a Device   Ordinarily, you can use your drives just by clicking on them. Most devices are now mounted automatically. But occasionally you may get an error message, telling you a device needs to be mounted. When you mount a floppy or CD-ROM, you're making that device's contents available to you. For example, to mount a CD-ROM, type the following command at a shell prompt: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom This command tells the system which device (/dev/cdrom) to mount and where to mount it (on the /mnt/cdrom directory). Prev Home Next The GNOME Desktop Environment Up Folders

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