The Top Panel
Of the two GNOME panels on your desktop, the top panel is basically where all the action is. As you can see, there are three menus and a few icons at the left end of the panel and a number of odds and ends at the other end (Figure 3-3). So that you understand what each of the panel items does, I will now briefly describe each of them, moving from left to right, as seems to be the fashion these days.
Figure 3-3. The left and right sides of the top GNOME panel
The Left End
At the far left of the top panel, you will find a set of three menus. These menus provide access to most of what your system has to offer in terms of applications, locations, ...
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