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Using Your Home Screen
The Wyse Enhanced Ubuntu Linux Home screen is designed for efficiency and usability.
Use the following guidelines (depending on user privilege, some options may not be available for use):
TIP: Each icon has a
Table 1 Menu bar icons
Icon | What It Does |
Home | Displays your Home screen (useful when many windows are |
| open and you want to quickly access your Home screen). |
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Open Applications | Currently open application and connection icons are |
and Connections | displayed in the menu bar for convenient access. |
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Network Manager | Manages your wired and wireless network connections (see |
| "Connecting to Network and Session Services"). |
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Volume | Controls the audio volume (use the slider, click Mute All or |
| Unmute as needed; Note that for these settings to take |
| effect, sound must be supported and enabled on the server |
| used for ICA or RDP connections). |
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Calendar | Lists the time, day of the week, and date. You can click the |
| calendar to display the calendar window. |
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System Settings | Sets up your thin client hardware, look and feel, and system |
| settings (see "Configuring System Settings"). |