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Getting into the Desktop 3
The Online Desktop is new with Fedora and intended to provide a bare interface that acts
as a platform for running only online applications (such as Facebook, GMail, and so on).
See the section ???Configuring a GNOME Online Desktop??? later in this chapter for more information.
To use your GNOME desktop, you should become familiar with the following components:
Metacity (window manager)??”The default window manager for GNOME in Fedora
and RHEL is Metacity. Metacity configuration options let you control such things as
themes, window borders, and controls used on your desktop.
Nautilus (file manager/graphical shell)??”When you open a folder (by double-clicking
the Home icon on your desktop, for example), the Nautilus window opens and displays
the contents of the selected folder. Nautilus can also display other types of content, such
as shared folders from Windows computers on the network (using SMB).
GNOME panels (application/task launcher)??”These panels, which line the top and
bottom of your screen, are designed to make it convenient for you to launch the applications
you use, manage running applications, and work with multiple virtual desktops. By
default, the top panel contains menu buttons (Applications, Places, and Desktop), desktop
application launchers (Evolution e-mail and a set of OpenOffice.
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