The Bottom Panel

The bottom panel, as you can see in Figure 3-4, is a much simpler affair, containing only the four items I will now briefly describe.

Show Desktop A button that minimizes all open windows and allows you to see your desktop when it is obscured from view.
Window List A list of windows or applications you have open, which is very similar to what happens in the Windows taskbar.
Workspace Switcher An application that allows you to switch between virtual desktops. (I'll talk about this more in "Virtual Desktops" on Virtual Desktops.)
Trash There is nothing mysterious about Trash…other than its rather Mac OS X–ish location on the panel.
The bottom GNOME Panel

Figure 3-4. The ...

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