FC16 newbe questions

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 12/08/2011 10:58 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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> On 12/08/2011 09:30 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>> On Thursday 08 December 2011 09:10:54 Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> So I skipped FC15.  I never worked on Vista of WIn7, always using the
>>> 'classic' windows desktop in XP.  So I have some REAL challenges
>>> adjusting th GNOME in FC16....
>>>
>>> Like where are my workspaces?  I work with 4 of them for my different
>>> set of jobs.  Maybe with the added memory on this lenovo, I might go
>>> with 6...
>> Activate "activities" by putting the mouse into the upper-left corner of the
>> screen. Then you can see a list of currently open workspaces on the far right
>> on the screen, where you can click to switch between them (and make an
>> indecent-for-public comment on mouse-mileage of the desktop design).
> alt-F1 does bring up the workspace switcher, but Cntl-Alt-arrow does not
> switch between workspaces.  I need to find the handy-dandy workspace
> keystroke switcher.

Ah, it is Cntl-Alt-UP or DOWN arrow (not RIGHT/LEFT in the old setup).  
It even brings up this nice shadowed workspace image while you are doing it.

>> You don't get to have a predetermined number of 4 or 6 desktops. You start
>> with one, and as soon as you open some app on that one, another empty one will
>> be automatically created for you below that one, and so on.
> OK.  I see this.
>> The next question you'll probably post will be "where is the shutdown option
>> in the menu?", so let me save you the trouble and say that there isn't one.
>> You can get it by pressing the ALT button on the keyboard once you open the
>> menu.
> Suspend will be the big option I will be looking for.
>
>> And of course, you can always forgive&forget&switch to XFCE, KDE or LXDE. ;-)
> And which one has that Win2000 look/feel that I kind of grew up with :)
>
> I probably need to just bite the bullet as at some point the corp system
> will go from XP to Win7 and I will be expected to recongnize some things
> there...
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