Blog 2 - Questions 1-4 pg. 277

1. Regarding Konqueror the file manager:

a. Konqueror is a very powerful desktop tool that offers much more than your standard web browser. I can also be used as a file manager with access to local and network drives.

b. With Konqueror you can search the internet, access local files, access an FTP site, and you ca run a textual program by opening the Run Command window.

c. You can search for a file by typing the file name in the search box on the toolbar.

2. A Terminal Emulator brings up a window that "mimics a character based terminal" (p.273). This allows you to run text based programs separate from the GUI.

3. Klipper is a program that stores what you cut and paste to the buffer (like Microsoft's clipboard). Whenever you highlight text it is sent to klipper. If you open klipper you can click on the line you would like to paste then move the mouse to where you want to paste and middle-click.

4. a. Nautilus is a simple File Manager.

b. Two was you can execute a file in Nautilus are through the spatial view and the traditional File Browser view. The spatial view opens each new folder in a new window and the traditional view has a sidepane and a viewpane where files are shown.

c. Nautilus 'knows' how to open a file by looking at it's MIME type.

d. The three most common control bars are the menubar, the toolbar, and the locationbar. The menubar holds all the drop down menus with many options each. The toolbar has navigation tools like forward and back. Finally the locationbar shows where you are (path name) and has viewing options like zoom.

e. The Nautilus location bar is used to show the path name. You can also use it to enter an absolute path name. There are also options to zoom in and zoom out as well as a view as... option.