Ubuntu Desktop Essentials

1. About Ubuntu Desktop Essentials
   
   
2. Logging into the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop
   • The Ubuntu GNOME Login Screen
     
     
3. A Guided Tour of the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop
   • The Ubuntu GNOME Desktop
   • The Desktop Background
   • The Desktop Panels
     
     
4. Changing the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop Background
   • Changing the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop Background
   • Selecting a Background from the Wallpaper List
   • Creating a Solid or Graded Background
   • Specifying a Background Image
     
     
5. Installing and Customizing Ubuntu Desktop Themes
   • What is a Desktop Theme?
   • Changing the Ubuntu Desktop Theme
   • Downloading and Installing a Theme
     
     
6. Configuring Ubuntu Desktop Fonts
   • Font Options on Ubuntu
   • Changing Font Settings
   • Font Rendering Settings
   • Advanced Font Rendering
   • Viewing Fonts in the Font Folder
   • Adding New Fonts
     
     
7. Configuring the Ubuntu Desktop Panels
   • What are Desktop Panels
   • Changing the Position of a Panel
   • Adding and Deleting Desktop Panels
   • Changing the Appearance of a Desktop Panel
   • Adding Items to a GNOME Destop Panel
   • Adding Menus to a Panel
   • Changing the Number of Ubuntu Desktop Workspaces
     
     
8. Configuring the Ubuntu Desktop Menu System
   • Customizing a Ubuntu Desktop Menu
   • Moving Menu Items
   • Adding and Deleting a Menu Item
     
     
9. Ubuntu Desktop Visual Effects
   • Introducing Compiz Fusion
   • Changing the Default Visual Effects Settings
   • Advanced Desktop Effects Settings
     
     
10. Enhance your Ubuntu Desktop with gDesklets
    • Installing gDesklets
    • Launching gDesklets
    • Moving a Desklet
    • Setting the Properties of a Desklet
    • Raising Desklets to the Front of the Desktop
    • Install New gDesklet Packages
      
      
11. Browsing My Computer, Files and Folders on the Ubuntu Desktop
    • Accessing Nautilus
    • Nautilus and the Computer Icon
    • Adding Emblems to Files and Folders
    • Changing File and Folder Permissions
    • Renaming and Deleting Files and Folders
      
      
12. Configuring the Ubuntu File Manager
    • Changing the File Manager Background Pattern and Color
    • Displaying Icons or Lists
    • Configuring the List View
    • Configuring the Icon View
    • Changing File Manager Behavior
      
      
13. Ubuntu Desktop - Starting Applications on Login
    • Understanding Sessions
    • Configuring Desktop Startup Programs
    • Listing the Currently Running Programs
    • Saving the Current Session
      
      
14. Ubuntu Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Viewing Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Changing a Shortcut
    • Disabling a Keyboard Shortcut
      
      

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