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When you first install and run Ubuntu Linux the first thing you see when you log in is the default desktop. It has the Ubuntu brown color scheme and panels at the top and bottom of the screen. There are two predominent desktop environemnts environments availabe with Linux - the GNOME desktop and the KDE desktop. Which is the best desktop ius is matter of preference and heating heated disagreement in the Linux community. Both are excellent, feature rich desktops. The standard Ubuntu Linux distribnution installs the GNOME desktop by default, and that is the desktop covered in this chapter of [[Ubuntu Linux Essentials]].
The remarkable thing about the desktop is that just about everything you currently see can be changed in some way. This chapter will provide details on how to customize the desktop to your liking.
== Changing the Desktop Background ==
