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Unit 4: Configuring Desktop

4.5 keywords notes

Linuxconf: It is a utility that allows you to configure and control various aspects of your system,
and is capable of handling a wide range of programs and tasks.
Main Menu: This icon (the red fedora) is used to display a menu that launches a variety of
functions and applications.
Params: The Params are used for password and account management.

4.6 self assessment

Fill in the blanks:
1. The ........................ System is a piece of software that runs on top of the Linux kernel and
provides windowing capabilities.
2. The Main Menu (the Linux version of the Windows Start menu) is displayed by clicking on
the ........................ icon at the far left of the panel.
3. The ........................ Area displays the time and the Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool
by default.
4. ........................ is a utility that allows you to configure and control various aspects of your
system

5. After you change a ........................ in Linuxconf, at some point you’ll have to indicate to
Linuxconf that the changes you made should be applied.
6. Linuxconf allows you to ........................ and control various aspects of your system.
7. The Notification Area displays the time and the ........................ Notification Tool by
default.
8. Executing scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ with an option of ........................ will start up or stop
the programs or services which the script controls.
9. The ........................ creation screen includes the Base info, Params and Privileges sections.
10. The ........................ shell is the default shell for Red Hat Linux.
11. The ........................ are used for password and account management.
12. The bar at the bottom of the screen is called the “........................”.
13. The system applets, which provide a graphical interface to using the OS, are found through
various menu options via the ........................
14. For each run level, ........................ are run to start each individual service, instead of having
a few large files to edit by hand.

15. ........................ utilities let you create, modify, delete, and list both user and group
accounts.

4.7 review Questions

1. What is a directory? Scrutinize whether we can consider a directory as a file or not.

2. Analyze the need of flash file system with example.
3. Make distinction between file system and file manager. Give examples.
4. Examine the factors that you think influence the ‘CWD’?

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