Navigating the GNOME desktop

- [Instructor] If you're accustomed to Windows or the Mac, the GNOME desktop environment, or GNOME Shell, can look a little unfamiliar. Let's take a quick look. Here at the top is the accessibility icon where you can control accessibility settings for the system. see the status of your network, or shut down the system if you need to. Here in the middle of the screen is a list of users on the system. We'll get into adding other users later, but for now I'll click on my name. This little gear icon down here lets me choose which desktop environment I'm logging in to. If we had more than one desktop environment installed like KDE or something like that, we could choose it from the list and log into it instead of into GNOME. I've got a few options here though. A lot of GNOME stuff. I'll click into the password box here and type my password. (keyboard keys clicking) And then press Enter or Sign In. And now I'm looking at the GNOME desktop. Here across the top of the screen, Clicking it brings up a menu with some details and controls and buttons to open the system tools, and restart the computer. but we'll leave it alone for now. Now I'll click on the Activities button in the upper left of the screen to open overview mode. On the left side of the overview is an area called the dash At the bottom of the dash, installed on your system. between frequently used applications and all applications. you can scroll up and down to see them all. that are within it. Click to open and close the folder and ESC to leave it. If I right-click on an application, or add it to my favorites, or I can drag it to the dash. Personally, I don't think the terminal Personally, I don't think the terminal belongs buried in a folder, belongs buried in a folder, so I'll drag it over here to my dash. And I can see at the top of the screen, And I can see at the top of the screen, in the notifications area, in the notifications area, there's a notification that I added it to the dock. To open an application, just click it. My application opens up and I can dock it My application opens up and I can dock it to the left or right of the screen if I like to the left or right of the screen if I like just by dragging until I see the highlight just by dragging until I see the highlight showing where the app will stick. showing where the app will stick. Dragging an app to the top of the screen Dragging an app to the top of the screen makes it fullscreen, makes it fullscreen, and dragging it back down and dragging it back down takes the window size back to normal. takes the window size back to normal. If I switch back to the overview mode, If I switch back to the overview mode, I can take an application and drag it to another workspace I can take an application and drag it to another workspace here in the workspaces list. I can use that list to switch between the workspaces, too. I can use that list to switch between the workspaces, too. When an application's open, When an application's open, it has a menu up here in the top bar. it has a menu up here in the top bar. Application-level functions and options will be here, Application-level functions and options will be here, usually including Preferences, Help, and About. usually including Preferences, Help, and About. Some applications have their own title bar, too. Some applications have their own title bar, too. This one doesn't but the terminal does. This one doesn't but the terminal does. When I'm done using an application, When I'm done using an application, I can quit it either using the X in the corner I can quit it either using the X in the corner or by navigating to the application menu and choosing Quit. or by navigating to the application menu and choosing Quit. Many people use GNOME as the primary interface Many people use GNOME as the primary interface for their Fedora machines, for their Fedora machines, and it's a good idea to practice and it's a good idea to practice and become more familiar with it. and become more familiar with it.