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).
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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.
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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
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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".
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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
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