A walk around the GNOME desktop

Written By
JW
Jack Wallen
Sep 27, 2010

“Recently I had a reader request a bit of a “how to” on the
GNOME desktop. After giving it some thought, and at first wondering
why anyone would need a walk around for the GNOME desktop, I
realized that some users simply don’t have the ability to look at
the computer desktop from the same vantage point as those of us who
“get it”. With that thought in mind, I thought it would be a good
idea to give a sort of walk through of the GNOME desktop from the
perspective of the new user.

“For many of you this walk around might be pointless. But for
those of you who need a basic introduction to a different desktop
environment, this could be your first step in migrating to the
Linux desktop. Read on!”


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JW

Jack Wallen

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