Setting Preferred Applications - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

To specify your computer's sleep settings:
1 Click Computer > Control Center > System > Power Management.
2 Click the tab for the type of power you are using.
3 Use the sliders to set the amount of inactive time that passes before the display and computer
4 Click Close.
Setting General Power Options
To set general power options, click Computer > Control Center > System > Power Management,
then click the General tab. On this tab, you can choose:

2.4.6 Setting Preferred Applications

The Preferred Applications module allows you to specify which applications to use for various
common tasks:
To change any of these settings:
1 Click Computer > Control Center > System > Preferred Applications.
2 Click the tab for the type of application you want to set.
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If your computer uses AC power, click Running on AC.
If your computer runs on battery power, click Running on Battery.
If your computer operates on both AC and battery power, you can configure the settings on
both tabs. The settings you choose are in effect no matter which power source you use.
go into sleep mode.
When the display is in sleep mode, the computer continues to run. When the computer is in
sleep mode, power to the display and hard disk is shut off and the computer uses only the power
needed to maintain the contents of RAM.
The options you selected go into effect immediately.
The sleep type to use when the computer is inactive
How and when the Power icon displays
The following list shows the options and default settings.
Web browser
Default: Firefox
Mail reader
Default: Evolution
FTP
Default: Firefox
News
Default: Pan
Terminal
GNOME Terminal