The information is
downloaded to your desktop when you log in to the Online Desktop. That allows the Online
Desktop concept to move away from a single computer, so you someday can have your whole
desktop setup available from any computer with an Internet connection.
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To get started with Online Desktop in Fedora 8, select Session???Online Desktop from the login
screen. Then log in to Fedora. Create a user account at GNOME.org and Mugshot.org. Then configure
your Mugshot account to connect to your accounts at popular sites such as Amazon.com,
Flickr.com, Netflix.com, and others.
From your Online Desktop sidebar, log in to your Mugshot account. Your Online Desktop sidebar
will become populated with your configured online accounts, popular applications, links to friends??™
accounts, and other items. Figure 3-14 shows an example of an Online Desktop in Fedora 8 Linux.
FIGURE 3-14
Use Online Desktop and Mugshot to connect to online services and friends.
Small icons beneath your user name represent the configured online services. A search box lets you
select from a half dozen different search engines. Popular applications and files you have opened
recently appear on the sidebar. You can also see your Google calendar and the people you have
invited to be your friends.
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