Configuring Your System with Control Panel

The Gnome control panel is used to configure most aspects of your system. Each button on the control panel opens a different configuration applet (Figure 4.2). This control panel functions in much the same way as the Windows control panel.

The configuration applets include the following:

  • Printer Configurator

  • Network Configurator

  • Modem Configurator

  • System Configurator

To open the control panel:

  • With the terminal window still open, and while you are still logged on as root (Figure 4.2), enter control-panel at the terminal prompt.

    Tip

    The System Configurator applet (Figure 4.3) presents a hierarchical window that allows you to change many settings, including those that can be changed by the Network and Modem ...

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