Not long ago I said that I already had Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn in my possession, and I commented, among many other things, that I preferred KDE over Gnome, well, like so many other times, and after having tried the latter for a while I have to say that it seemed better than I thought. What I thought when it came to comfort.
In the post I wrote a long time ago I said that I didnât like having to keep an eye on the top and bottom of the screen permanently, something that is not necessary. I think the first thing that catches the attention of a Windows user who starts using Ubuntu is that Windows only has one taskbar, while Gnome has two.
The main one that is predefined is the one at the top, which is made up of two parts:
The one on the left has 3 buttons. Applications is used to access all the applications on the computer. Places is used to access hard drives and the file system, and System is used to configure the computer. The other three buttons correspond to Firefox, Evolution and Help, but they are fully customizable and can be removed.
The one on the right contains the system tray (Programs that work in the background), the clock with the date, and a button that allows you to turn off, restart or suspend the computer.
ButâŠAnd where are the open windows shown? Well, something characteristic of Gnome is that the bottom bar is almost entirely occupied by the windows that we have open, in addition to offering a couple of other functions.
First of all, the left part of the bar has a button that allows you to show the desktop, something in my opinion perfect if we feel overwhelmed. Below are the windows that we have open, practically like in Windows.
After all the windows, a type of rectangle is shown, which are called âworkspacesâ, a feature that both Gnome and KDE have that allows you to manage more than one desktop at a time. Right after that is the trash can.
As you can see, it is not necessary to keep an eye on both bars, since the only one you have to keep an eye on is the one at the bottom, which is the one that manages the windows.
Later I will talk about other aspects of this operating system.