Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - GNOME... User manual

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March17,2009 GNOME User Guide

GNOME User Guide

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Contents

About This Guide vii

Part I Introduction 1

1Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop 3

1.1 Logging In and Selecting a Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.2 LoggingOut............................ 6

1.3 DesktopBasics........................... 7

2Working with Your Desktop 15

2.1 Using the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.2 Managing Folders and Files with Nautilus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2.3 Accessing Floppy Disks, CDs, or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.4 Searching for Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.5 Moving Text Between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.6 Managing Internet Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.7 Exploring the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2.8 E-mail and Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2.9 Opening or Creating Documents with OpenOfce.org . . . . . . . . . 31

2.10 Controlling Your Desktop’s Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2.11 Creating, Displaying, and Decompressing Archives . . . . . . . . . . . 38

2.12 Taking Screen Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

2.13 ViewingPDFFiles......................... 43

2.14 ControllingSound......................... 45

2.15 Using the Fingerprint Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

2.16 Obtaining Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

2.17 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3Customizing Your Settings 49

3.1 TheControlCenter........................ 50

3.2 Hardware............................ 52

3.3 LookandFeel.......................... 57

3.4 Personal............................. 77

3.5 System ............................. 79

4Assistive Technologies 91

4.1 General Accessibility Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

4.2 Mobility Impairments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

4.3 Orca .............................. 97

Part II Internet Connectivity, Files and Resources 101

5Accessing Network Resources 103

5.1 Connecting to Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

5.2 General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing . . . . . . . . . 104

5.3 Accessing Network Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

5.4 SharingFolders......................... 106

5.5 Managing Windows Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

5.6 Conguring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer . . . . . . . . 109

6Searching with Beagle 111

6.1 UsingBeagle.......................... 111

6.2 SearchTips........................... 113

6.3 Performing a Property Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

6.4 Setting Search Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

6.5 Indexing Other Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

6.6 Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed . . . . . . . . . . 118

6.7 Selecting Data Sources to Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

6.8 DisablingBeagle......................... 119

6.9 For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

7Managing Printers 121

7.1 Installing a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

7.2 Modifying Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

7.3 Canceling Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

7.4 Deleting a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

8Backing Up User Data 125

8.1 CreatingBackups ........................ 125

8.2 RestoringData.......................... 127

About This Guide

This manual introduces you to the GNOME graphical desktop environment as imple-

mented in SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop and shows you how to congure it to

meet your personal needs and preferences. It also introduces you to several programs

and services. It is intended for users who have some experience using a graphical

desktop environment such as Macintosh*, Windows*, or other Linux desktops.

The manual is subdivided into two parts:

Introduction

Get to know your GNOME desktop and learn how to cope with basic and daily

tasks, using the central GNOME applications and some small utilities. Get an im-

pression of the possibilities GNOME offers to modify and individualize your

desktop according to your needs and wishes. Learn how to use assistive technologies

to improve accessibility in case of vision or mobility impairment.

Internet Connectivity, Files and Resources

Find vital information concerning the management and exchange of data on your

system: how to share les on the network and how to use an integrated collaboration

environment, how to effectively search for data, and how to manage printers and

back up your data.

Many chapters in this manual contain links to additional documentation resources. This

includes additional documentation that is available on the system as well as documen-

tation available on the Internet.

For an overview of the documentation available for your product and the latest docu-

mentation updates, refer to http://www.novell.com/documentation or to

the following section.

1 Available Documentation

We provide HTML and PDF versions of our books in different languages. The following

manuals for users and administrators are available on this product:

GNOME User Guide (page 1)

Introduces the GNOME desktop of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. It guides you

through using and conguring the desktop and helps you perform key tasks. It is

intended mainly for end users who want to make efcient use of GNOME desktop

as their default desktop.

Application Guide (↑Application Guide)

Learn how to use and congure key desktop applications on SUSE Linux Enterprise

Desktop. This guide introduces browsers and e-mail clients as well as ofce appli-

cations and collaboration tools. It also covers graphics and multimedia applications.

Deployment Guide (↑Deployment Guide)

Shows how to install single or multiple systems and how to exploit the product

inherent capabilities for a deployment infrastructure. Choose from various approach-

es, ranging from a local installation or a network installation server to a mass de-

ployment using a remote-controlled, highly-customized, and automated installation

technique.

Administration Guide (↑Administration Guide)

Covers system administration tasks like maintaining, monitoring and customizing

an initially installed system.

Security Guide (↑Security Guide)

Introduces basic concepts of system security, covering both local and network se-

curity aspects. Shows how to make use of the product inherent security software

like Novell AppArmor (which lets you specify per program which les the program

may read, write, and execute) or the auditing system that reliably collects informa-

tion about any security-relevant events.

viii GNOME User Guide

Virtualization with Xen (↑Virtualization with Xen)

Offers an introduction to virtualization technology of your product. It features an

overview of the various elds of application and installation types of each of the

platforms supported by SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as well as a short description

of the installation procedure.

In addition to the comprehensive manuals, several quick start guides are available:

Installation Quick Start (↑Installation Quick Start)

Lists the system requirements and guides you step-by-step through the installation

of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from DVD, or from an ISO image.

Linux Audit Quick Start

Gives a short overview how to enable and congure the auditing system and how

to execute key tasks such as setting up audit rules, generating reports, and analyzing

the log les.

Novell AppArmor Quick Start

Helps you understand the main concepts behind Novell® AppArmor.

Find HTML versions of most SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop manuals in your installed

system under /usr/share/doc/manual or in the help centers of your desktop.

Find the latest documentation updates at http://www.novell.com/

documentation where you can download PDF or HTML versions of the manuals

for your product.

2 Feedback

Several feedback channels are available:

• To report bugs for a product component or to submit enhancements requests, please

use https://bugzilla.novell.com/. If you are new to Bugzilla, you

might nd the Bug Writing FAQs helpful, available from the Novell Bugzilla home

page.

• We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other

documentation included with this product. Please use the User Comments feature

at the bottom of each page of the online documentation and enter your comments

there.

About This Guide ix

3 Documentation Conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this manual:

•/etc/passwd: directory names and lenames

•placeholder: replace placeholder with the actual value

•PATH: the environment variable PATH

•ls,--help: commands, options, and parameters

•user: users or groups

•Alt,Alt +F1: a key to press or a key combination; keys are shown in uppercase as

on a keyboard

•File,File >Save As: menu items, buttons

•Dancing Penguins (Chapter Penguins, ↑Another Manual): This is a reference to a

chapter in another manual.

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