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Fedora Desktop User Guide

The published version of the Desktop User Guide for Fedora Core 6 is now available. To access it, click on the link below:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/desktop-user-guide/en/

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Documentation Summary:

Purpose: How to accomplish specific tasks with the desktop applications.

Audience: Individuals who are unfamiliar with the default Fedora Desktop and who may be running their first Linux desktop.

Approach: This document explains basic principles by covering one principle at a time. The document does not assume familiarity with any Linux/UNIX-specific terminology or concepts. Functionality is also compared, where appropriate, to what the reader may know from other OSes, particularly Microsoft Windows.

Assumptions: The reader has a standard Desktop class installation of Fedora, including a user account with the default settings. The reader does not have access to the root password.

Related Documents: The AdministrationGuide documents tasks that require root access. The GettingStartedGuide is a general introduction to using Fedora.

Writers: MattBird, CodyDeHaan, DamienDurand, JohnBabich

All Contributors

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Logging into the Desktop
• Tour of the Desktop
• Using Media
• Accessing the Web
• Communications (Email, IM)
• Office Tools
• Playing Multimedia (Music & Video)
• Playing Games
• Managing Photos
• Sharing Your Desktop
• Customizing the Desktop

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• Single-page View (Suitable for Printing)

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Summary of Sections

Introduction

• About this Document

Logging into the Desktop

• Logging In: An Explanation
• I Cannot Login: HELP!

Tour of the Desktop

• View of the Default Desktop
• The Menu Panel
• The Desktop Area
• The Window List Panel

Using Media

• Understanding
• Exploring Media
• Writing CDs or DVDs
• Using a USB Drive

Accessing the Web

• Starting Firefox
• Going Further

Communications

• Setting up Email
• Setting up Instant Messaging
• Using Gaim

Office Tools

• OpenOffice.org Applications
• Further Information

Playing Multimedia

• Playing Audio CDs
• Converting Audio CDs to Music Files
• Organizing your Multimedia Files
• Playing Videos
• Fedora Project's Approach to Multimedia Support
• MP3, DVD, and Other Excluded Multimedia
• Further Information

Playing Games

• Brief Description of Each Game

Managing Photos

• Connecting Your Camera
• Organizing and Importing Photos
• Selecting a Filing Method
• Categorizing Your Photos

Sharing Your Desktop

• Sharing Your Desktop

Customizing the Desktop

• Changing the Theme
• Changing the Background
• Changing File Browsing Behavior

Next Page - Introduction

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