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Getting into the Desktop 3
Mugshot provides the site for configuring many Online Desktop features. You can see the same
information from your Mugshot site that appears on your Online Desktop. The Mugshot icon in
the bottom panel displays stacks of activities you and your other Mugshot friends.
Because Online Desktop is still under development, expect to have many more features and services
available by the time you read this text. In particular, work is being done to integrate online
applications, so you will be able to work with Web applications to use your documents, spreadsheets,
and other important information.
Configuring Your Own Desktop
Today??™s modern desktop computer systems are made to spoon-feed you your operating system. In
the name of ease of use, some desktop environments spend a lot of resources on fancy panels,
complex control centers, and busy applets. In short, they can become bloated.
Many technically inclined people want a more streamlined desktop??”or at least want to choose
their own bells and whistles. They don??™t want to have to wait for windows to redraw or menus to
come up. Linux enables those people to forget the complete desktop environments and configure:
X??”The X Window System provides the framework of choice for Linux and most UNIX
systems.
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