Ubuntu Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples
∟GNOME - Desktop Interface and Environment
This chapter provides introductions and tutorial examples on GNOME, which is the default desktop interface and environment on Ubuntu computers. Topics include introduction of GNOME; keyboard shortcuts; gnome-tweaks package; main applications: Settings, Files and Terminal; image viewers; video players.
What Is GNOME
Keyboard Shortcuts on GNOME
gnome-tweaks - The GNOME Tweak Tool
GNOME Application - Settings
GNOME Application - Files
GNOME Application - Terminal
GNOME Application - Image Viewers
GNOME Application - Video Players
Takeaways:
- GNOME is the default desktop environment on Ubuntu computers.
- "PrtSc" key allows you to take a screenshot and save it in ~/Pictures.
- "Alt-PrtSc-S.U.B" key sequence forces the Ubuntu to reboot.
- "gnome-tweaks" package is needed to simulate mouse clicks on touchpad.
- "gThumb" is a good image viewer with some nice editing features
to rotate and resize images.
- "ubuntu-restricted-extras" package is needed to provide
decoder required for playing MP4 videos files.
- "ffmpeg" is a perfect tool to edit videos.
Table of Contents
About This Book
Introduction to Ubuntu Systems
►GNOME - Desktop Interface and Environment
Shell - The Command-Line Interpreter
Process Management
Memory Management
Files and Directories
APT (Advanced Package Tool)
Network Connection on Ubuntu
Internet Networking Tools
SSH Protocol and ssh/scp Commands
Administrative Tasks
References
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