Customizing Your GNOME DesktopYou can customize many of the characteristics of the GNOME
Desktop. The customization of each aspect of the GNOME Desktop is controlled
by a dedicated software tool that is called a preference tool. This section
describes how to configure the GNOME Desktop in the following chapters. Starting Preference ToolsRead this chapter to find out how to start the preference tools in the
GNOME Desktop.Using Preference ToolsRead this chapter to find out how to use the preference tools to customize
the GNOME Desktop. This chapter describes all the options in each of the preference
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