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The right hand side of the panel includes the name of the current user(which may be clicked to switch to a different user), the date and time and a volume control. Also present is an icon for the Tomboy Notes system (a Post-It Note system for the desktop). Finally, the panel contains an icon indicating whether operating system updates are available. If updates are available, this icon is often accompanied by a notification dialog when the user first logs in:

As soon as Shortly after the last application with root permission exits , the icon will disappear and the root password will be required for future system-wide configuration changes.

The icon on the far left of the panel is used to hide and show all windows on the desktop. The area containing squares controls the currently displayed virtual workspace. The Fedora GNOME desktop allows multiple workspaces to be active at any one time which with different applications visible on different workspaces. To switch to a different desktop, simply click on one of the squares in the bottom toolbar. If your mouse as has a scroll wheel, click on a workspace in the panel and then scroll back and forth through the workspaces. By default four workspaces are configured , though this number can be increased or decreased (see [[Configuring the Fedora Desktop Panels]]).

Now that we have covered the basics of the desktop we can begin looking at customizing the desktop. The first stop step involves [[Changing the Fedora GNOME Desktop Background]].