Using The Ubuntu Linux Desktop - Working With Icons On The Ubuntu Linux Desktop

The Panels Across the Top and Bottom of the Ubuntu Desktop

There are thin strips that appear across the top and bottom of the Ubuntu Linux desktop and these are called panels.

And there are icons in these panels that allow you to run software programs, get help with Ubuntu, and do other tasks and get other information.

Ubuntu Linux Training Tips: To run an Ubuntu program from the panel (across the top or bottom) of the Ubuntu desktop, you only click on

the icon for the program once. To run a program from the desktop (that's not on the panel), you need to double click on the icon in the program.

Items In the Top Panel of the Ubuntu Desktop

By default, there are icons in the top panel for the Firefox web browser, an email program, and there's an icon with a question mark on it that you click on to get help with your Ubuntu system.

The panel that is across the top of the Ubuntu desktop also has some other icons it, such as an icon to control the volume of your system and another to shut your system down. It also shows the time and some other information.

Items In the Bottom Panel of the Ubuntu Desktop

At the left of the bottom panel, there is an icon and when you point to it, it says "Desktop". This lets you quickly see the Ubuntu desktop.

For example, let's say you need to click on a folder icon that's sitting on the Ubuntu desktop, but you have some program windows open on the desktop - that are stopping you from seeing the folder icon on the desktop. You can just click on the Desktop icon and you will be able to see the folder icon and double-click on it to open it!

At the right of the bottom panel you can see the "windows" for two virtual desktops and a "Trash" icon - that allows you to get back files that you've accidentally deleted!

Linux Training Tips: The virtual desktops at the bottom right are quite fun to use and work with. And you can create more than two virtual desktops.

Lots more on this later!

You can also add your own icons to both panels on the desktop and do lots of other useful things with the panels.

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