Nautilus text or button browsing??”When saving or opening files or folders in
Nautilus, a new toggle button enables you to choose between browsing by clicking on
buttons or by typing full path names.
GNOME also includes a set of Preferences windows that enable you to configure different aspects
of your desktop. You can change backgrounds, colors, fonts, keyboard shortcuts, and other features
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related to the look and behavior of the desktop. Figure 3-7 shows how the GNOME desktop environment
appears the first time you log in, with a few windows added to the screen.
FIGURE 3-7
The GNOME desktop environment
The desktop shown in Figure 3-7 is for Fedora. The following sections provide details on using the
GNOME desktop.
Using the Metacity Window Manager
The Metacity window manager seems to have been chosen as the default window manager for
GNOME in Red Hat Linux because of its simplicity. The creator of Metacity refers to it as a ???boring
window manager for the adult in you?????”and then goes on to compare other window managers to
colorful, sugary cereal, while Metacity is characterized as Cheerios.
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To use 3D effects in Fedora, your best solution is to use the Compiz window manager, as
described later in this chapter.
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