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Graphical User Interface (GUI): A screen with icons, menus and panels for the user to click on to initiate actions such as starting applications and opening files.

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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a vector graphics language written in XML.

The Desktop

When you boot Zeta for the first time, you see a desktop that looks like this:

The first thing you notice is the smooth icons in Zeta. yellowTAB has added SVG support, which lets you make icons almost any size you like. yellowTAB found this needed, as the monitors are delivered with higher resolutions and therefore the icons have become smaller and more difficult to see.

The desktop is a special Tracker window. It lets you copy files to the desktop, create aliases (shortcuts) to the desktop, and add background image to it, just as with other Tracker windows. The primary difference is that the desktop always is in Icon View mode. The icons on the desktop can be your hard disk, home area, file folders, applications, shortcuts and mounted removable devices (such as CD-ROMs and floppy diskettes).

| The Harddisk This is the disk (or partition) where you installed Zeta. You can see other disks -- for Zeta, or even for other operating systems--by mounting them, as described in "Mounting and Unmounting Disks". The volumes mounted on the Desktop represents a graphical way to open storage devices or browse through or discard your files.
| The Home folder The Home folder is reserved for files and folders you create (or that Zeta creates on your behalf). It contains, among other things, your mail folder and a query folder that stores queries that you make with the Find feature. For more information about the home folder and it's sub folders, read Files and Folders in Zeta.
| The Deskbar In the upper right corner of the desktop is the Deskbar. It provides menus and icons to launch applications, a representation of already running applications, and a clock to show the time. You can find it explained in detail in "The Deskbar".

The Trash
You delete files and folders by dragging them into the Trash can or by choosing Move to Trash from Tracker's File menu. You can also throw an item in the trash by highlighting and pressing the Delete key (not the backspace key). After you've thrown something in the trash, the Trash can displays rubbish. If you want to salvage a trashed item, double-click the Trash icon and drag it out of the Tracker window that opens up.

Items in the trash aren't actually deleted until you empty the trash. To do this, you pop open the Trash can's context menu and choose Empty Trash . If you have the Trash window open, you can also empty the trash by choosing Empty Trash from the window's File menu.

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