Sun Lab Survival Guide
(formerly "Solaris Survival Guide" by Mike Boldin, Niagara College, 2000-2005)
(formerly "Solaris Survival Guide" by Mike Boldin, Niagara College, 2000-2005)
Version 1.1
Last modified on 2011/09/07 02:56:41 by
mboldin
When you click the "Launch" button, the start menu appears:
From there, you can get to various programs. For example, to open the text editor (gedit), open up the "Accessories" sub menu:
There are also a lot of interesting and weird little games to entertain you. "Stones" in particular, will use the machine's built-in speaker:
To open a Terminal window, one way to do it is to open up the "Utilities" menu:
Like in CDE/GNOME, there is a way to lock your screen if you have to leave your workstation for a short time ...
... and to log out if you have to leave the lab for the day:
Like the GNOME environment that JDS is based on, a lot of the "look-and-feel" is customizable by the user. For example, opening the "Desktop Preferences" menu ...
... you can adjust the display:
