Novell SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 GNOME Quick Manual

GNOME Quick Start
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise® provides the tools that Linux* users require in their daily activities. It comes with an
easy-to-use graphical user interface (the GNOME* desktop) that communicates with the underlying Linux system
to let you access and manage files, folders, and programs. SUSE Linux Enterprise provides an integrated suite
of applications for a wide range of office, multimedia, and Internet activities. The OpenOffice.org suite is also
included, which allows you to edit and save files in a number of formats. Because the office suite is available
for several operating systems, you can use the same data across different computing platforms.

Getting Started

When you start your system, you are usually prompted to
enter your username and password. If someone else in-
stalled your system, check with your system administrator
for your username and password.
After logging in to GNOME for the first time, you see the
GNOME desktop, which offers the following basic elements:
Desktop Icons: Access programs and features on your
system by double-clicking an icon. Right-click an icon to
access additional menus and options. You can add as many
icons to your desktop as you want. By default, the desktop
features several key icons, including your personal Home
folder and a trash can for deleted items. Other icons repre-
senting devices on your computer, such as CD drives, might
also be present on the desktop. If you double-click your
Home folder, the Nautilus file manager starts and displays
the contents of your home directory.
Bottom Panel: The desktop includes a panel across the
bottom of the screen. This panel contains the Computer
menu (similar to the Start menu in Windows*), the system
tray, and a taskbar to display icons for all applications cur-
rently running. You can also add applications and applets
to the panel for easy access.
Main Menu: Click Computer on the far left of the bottom
panel to open the main menu. Commonly used applications
appear in the main menu, along with recently used applica-
tions. You can also click Documents to display your recent
documents, or you can click Places to display your favorite
places (such as your home directory or the desktop). Click
More Applications to access additional applications, listed
in categories. Use the options on the right to access help,
install additional software, open the GNOME Control Center,
lock your screen, log out of the desktop, or check the status
of your hard drive and network connections.
System Tray: The right side of the bottom panel holds
some smaller icons, including the system clock that displays
1
NOVELL® QUICK START CARD