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figure 4.4: the screensaver preferences of screensavers

Windows in GNOME work much the same as with Windows. The icons in the upper right serve
to minimize, maximize (or revert to original size), and close the window.
The Window menu in the upper left has the typical Minimize, Maximize, Move, Resize, and Close
options that you’d expect from using Microsoft Windows. The rollup menu item isn’t found
in Windows, but is known as “window shade” on Mac OS. The next couple of options in the
Window menu, Put on All Workspaces, and Move to Workspace 1/2/3/4, refer to workspaces,
a feature of Linux that isn’t found in Windows.
You can resize windows by using the sides and corners, while clicking and dragging on the title
bar moves the window around. GNOME has a couple of nice touches that you don’t find in

Windows; these can be configured via Main Menu | Preferences | Window Preferences, as
shown in Figure 4.5.

Note Note that you can choose to automatically select a window simply by moving
the mouse over it.
(I’ve tried this and it’s always driven me crazy because it doesn’t bring the selected
window to the front, but that’s my own personal preference.) Double-clicking the title bar
can either roll up the window (like a window shade) or maximize it. And you can move a
window by holding down a key of your choice and then dragging the window, and resize
the window by holding down the same key while also holding down the middle mouse
button. The default key for both of these operations is Alt, but you can change it in the
Window Preferences dialog.

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