The GNOME User Guide is a collection of documentation which details general use of the GNOME Desktop environment. Topics covered include sessions, panels, menus, file management, and preferences.
The GNOME Accessibility Guide is for users, system administrators, and anyone who is interested in how the GNOME Desktop supports people with disabilities and addresses the requirements of Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act.
GNOME Infrared Remote Control Properties is a tool for configuring your remote control.
Dasher is an accessible text entry application that uses pointing gestures rather than typing. It is designed to be fast while fun to use.
See also: documentation on development version
You can use the Archive Manager, also known as File Roller, to create, view, modify, or unpack an archive.
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Character Map is a Unicode character map that allows you to select characters from a table and insert then in to a text string.
The GNOME Control Center provides a central place for the user to setup their GNOME experience. It can let you configure anything from the behavior of your window borders to the default font type.
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Dictionary enables you to look up definitions and correct spellings of words.
Floppy Formatter, also known as Gfloppy, formats floppy disks for use in Linux.
gcalctool is a calculator for GNOME. It includes basic, advanced, financial, and scientific modes and uses a multiple precision package to do its arithmetic to give a high degree of accuracy.
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gedit is the GNOME text editor.
A search tool to find files, folders and documents on your computer.
Tomboy is a simple desktop note-taking application, with some powerful built-in features to help you organize your ideas.
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Zenity is a rewrite of gdialog, the GNOME port of dialog which allows you to display dialog boxes from the commandline and shell scripts.
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AisleRiot is a collection of over 80 card games programmed in GNOME's scripting language, Scheme.
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Blackjack is a casino rules, multiple deck blackjack game for the GNOME Project. The object of the game is to obtain a hand value that is closer to 21 than that of the dealer, without going over 21. The player bets with virtual chips.
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glChess is a game for playing the classic board game of chess, in which two players simulate a battle by capturing the opponents pieces and ultimately the king. It can be played in 2D or 3D mode, full screen or in a window.
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To play Five or More one must align colored pieces as the board gets filled with randomly placed pieces. When five or more pieces of the same color get lined up, they disappear. The game ends when the board gets filled up all the way.
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The object of Four-in-a-Row is to place four pieces in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal row while the opponent tries to block and make his/her own row of four. Four-in-a-Row can be played against another human or the computer.
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Gnometris is GNOME's version of Tetris, the classic game of interlocking four-piece blocks. As they fall from the top, the player must orient them to fit the other blocks at the bottom so that they form a complete horizontal line, in which case that line disappears and the player gains points.
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Iagno is the two player strategy game of Othello, which is also known as Reversi and is similar to Go. The pieces are tiles that are black on one side and white on the other and the objective is for the player to flip his/her opponent's tiles to his/her color, while keeping the opponent from doing the same. Once the board is filled with tiles, the winner is the player with the most of his/her color tiles on the board.
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Klotski is a puzzle game of which the objective is to get the patterned block to the marker, which is done by moving the blocks in its way.
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Mahjongg is a solitaire version of the classic Eastern tile game. It involves clearing as much of the board as possible by matching corresponding tiles and taking them out of play.
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Mines is GNOME's take on the popular logic puzzle minesweeper, which includes avoiding mines while receiving clues for the location of the mines.
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Nibbles is a worm game for GNOME. The player controls a 2D worm while trying to get food. Getting food gives points, but hitting anything causes a loss of points. When all points are lost, the player loses.
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Robots is a graphical version of the original text based robots game, which can be found on a number of UNIX systems. The player must outwit the robots chasing him/her by getting them to run into each other.
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Same GNOME is a puzzle game, of which the objective is to clear the window of as many pieces as possible by clicking on groups of the same colored pieces. That group will vanish and the pieces on top will fall until there are none left or no more color groups.
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Sudoku is an application for playing the popular sudoku logic puzzle game, in which one must fill a 9 by 9 square with the correct digits.
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Tali is like Yahtzee for GNOME or like poker with dice. The player rolls dice to try to make the best possible combinations, like 4 of a kind, small straight, and full house. The player is allowed 3 rolls per turn and can hold certain dice with each roll.
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Tetravex is a simple puzzle game in which pieces have numbers on each side. The pieces must be positioned so that the same numbers touch each other, during which you are being timed. The times are then stored in a system-wide scoreboard.
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Cheese is a video and photo shoot program that for webcams (or other cameras) and can do some cool effects
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The Evince Document Viewer application enables you to view documents of various formats like Portable Document Format (PDF) files and PostScript files
User manual for Eye of GNOME Image Viewer.
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User manual for the Ekiga Voice over IP, IP Telephony and Video-Conferencing application
Empathy is an application for instant messaging.
Epiphany is the GNOME web browser.
User manual for the GNOME Network Tool application
A user's guide to Evolution which explains how to use its mail, calendar, addressbook, and task list features.
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Vinagre is a Remote Desktop Viewer
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CD Player is the Compact Discs (CDs) audio player for GNOME
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GNOME Volume Control is an audio mixer
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GStreamer Properties lets you configure parameters related to the hardware and multimedia
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Sound Juicer is a simple and clean CD ripping tool. It allows you to extract the audio from audio compact discs and convert them into audio files that your computer can understand and play.
Sound Recorder is a simple application to record and play different sound files
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Totem Movie Player is a media player for GNOME that runs on GStreamer by default, but can also be run on xine. It has support for most audio and video codecs including DVDs and Digital CDs among many others. Features include TV-out, fullscreen, subtitles, and more.
See also: documentation on development version
User manual for Glom.
The Bootloader Administration Tool allows you to specify the operative systems and linux images that the bootloader will be able to load at boot time
Configuration Editor can be used to change configuration options used by applications that may not be available through Preference dialogs
Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical, menu-driven viewer that you can use to view and monitor your disk usage and folder structure.
GNOME Power Manager is a session daemon for the GNOME Desktop that manages the power settings for your laptop or desktop computer.
User manual for the GNOME Terminal application.
The GNOME Keyring Manager keyring management tool.
The Network Administration Tool allows you to specify the way your system connects to other computers and to internet.
The Services Administration Tool allows you to specify which services will be started during the system boot process.
The Shared Folders Administration Tool allows you to share folders to other computers in your network or in the internet.
System Log Viewer is a graphical, menu-driven viewer that you can use to view and monitor your system log files.
User manual for System Monitor
The Time Administration Tool allows you to set the time, date and timezone of your system, as well as setting any time server to synchronize your local time server.
The Users Administration Tool allows you add, delete and modify the existing users and groups in your system.
Battery Charge Monitor shows the current charge of the battery and provides notifications if charge drops below a certain threshold.
See also: documentation on development version
Character Palette provides a convenient way to access characters that are not on your keyboard, such as accented characters, mathematical symbols, special symbols, and punctuation marks.
See also: documentation on development version
The Clock displays the time and date in a panel.
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Command Line allows commands to be run from a panel, and includes quick access to a file browser and command history.
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CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor shows the current clock speed of the CPU and provides an interface to change the clock speed if the CPU supports it.
See also: documentation on development version
Deskbar is a quick access and search applet.
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Disk Mounter enables you to quickly mount or unmount various types of drives and file systems from a panel.
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Encryption Applet is a graphical interface for managing and using encryption keys.
The Fish program displays an animated image in the panel and gives you your fortune when clicked.
See also: documentation on development version
Geyes provides an entertaining way to track the mouse pointer around your screen, through a pair of moving eyes.
See also: documentation on development version
The Keyboard Accessibility Monitor shows the status of the keyboard accessibility features.
See also: documentation on development version
The Keyboard Indicator shows the active keyboard group and enables switching between different groups.
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User manual for the Network Monitor applet.
Panel Trash lets you manage your trash from the panel.
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Sticky Notes enables you to create, view, and manage sticky notes on your desktop.
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The Stock Ticker downloads current stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance and displays them in a marquee in the panel.
System Monitor displays system load information in graphical format in a panel.
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User manual for the User Switcher applet.
Volume Control enables you to control the sound volume on your system and provides visual feedback on the current volume level.
See also: documentation on development version
The Weather Report Applet downloads weather information for a given location from the internet and displays the temperature and a symbol representing the current weather conditions in the panel. When clicked on, more information is given, such as the forecast, the time of sunrise and sunset, wind direction, pressure, and more. All units are customizable.
See also: documentation on development version
The Window List enables you to manage the windows that are open on the GNOME Desktop. Each window is represented by a button in the panel in which this applet is located.
The Workspace Switcher displays the workspaces for your GNOME Desktop in the panel and enables you to switch between them. You can also manage windows by dragging them between workspaces.
Frequently asked questions with Anjuta IDE
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Passwords and Encryption Keys is the application for managing encryption keys for the GNOME Desktop
Even though it's extremely user-friendly, GNOME is a large and complex system, and thus, requires some learning to use to the fullest. To make that easier, we've provided some very useful documentation.