How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, Using GConf describes how to use GConf to manage user preferences.

• Chapter 2, Customizing Menus describes the implementation of menus and how to customize menus.

• Chapter 3, Installing Themes describes the types of theme that are available in the Java Desktop System, how to install themes, and how to create a custom theme.

• Chapter 4, Configuring Fonts describes how to configure fonts for the Java Desktop System.

• Chapter 5, MIME Types describes how applications detect MIME types, how to register MIME types, and how to add applications to the Java Desktop System.

• Chapter 6, Setting Screensavers describes how to set preferences for the screensaver. This chapter also provides information about how to modify the displays that are available for the screensaver.

• Chapter 7, Session Management introduces session management, and describes how to set session defaults. This chapter also contains information about sessions and login scripts.

• Chapter 8, Help System describes the Help system in the Java Desktop System.

• Chapter 9, Improving Performance describes how to improve the performance of the Java Desktop System.

• Chapter 10, Disabling Features in the Java Desktop System describes how to disable particular features of the Java Desktop System.

• Chapter 11, Accessing User Sessions Remotely on Linux Systems describes how to access remotely the Java Desktop System session of a user on a Linux system.

• Chapter 12, Migration to Unicode Multilingual Computing describes issues that might arise when you migrate to multilingual computing.

• Appendix A, Hidden Directories describes the hidden directories that the Java Desktop System adds to the home directories of users.

• Appendix B, Security Note on Configuring SMB Printers on Linux Systems provides a security note related to the configuration of printers on Windows network shares on Linux systems.

• Glossary is a list of terms used in this guide, and definitions of the terms.