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When you first install and run Fedora Linux the first thing you see when you log in is the default desktop. It has the Fedora color scheme and panels at the top and bottom of the screen. There are two predominant desktop environments available with Linux - the GNOME desktop and the KDE desktop. Which is the best desktop is matter of preference and heated disagreement in the Linux community. Both are excellent, feature rich desktops. The Fedora Linux distribution installs the GNOME desktop by default, and that is the desktop covered in this chapter of [[Fedora Linux Essentials]].

The ''Desktop Background Properties'' dialog appears as follows:

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Once installed, these additional themes will be available from the ''Theme'' page of the ''Appearance Preferences'' tool.

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To download a theme click on the theme from the [http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/ http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity] web page and save it to your desktop. A new file should appear on your desktop containing the new theme. For example the following shows the ~~MetaTivo~~ theme on the desktop and ready to be installed:

To download a theme click on the theme from the [http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity/ http://art.gnome.org/themes/metacity] web page and save it to your desktop. A new file should appear on your desktop containing the new theme. For example the following shows the Almond theme on the desktop and ready to be installed:

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