Configuring GNOME with the Control Center

Configuring GNOME could easily fill several chapters, so in this section we will try to cover the most important configuration issues and introduce you to the layout of the GNOME Control Center. When you become used to how GNOME does things, you'll discover that finding most basic configuration options is easy.

The Control Center, shown in Figure 4.5, is at the heart of configuring GNOME. It is a highly modular configuration system that encapsulates the configuration panels for numerous desktop components.

Figure 4.5. The Control Center provides "one-stop shopping" for GNOME configuration.

The Control Center ...

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