Hi David, On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 12:58 -0700, David Sellers wrote: > At school I use a Solaris workstation which I check Common Desktop > Environment option when I log in. At the desktop I have a panel at the bottom > with various buttons. In the middle are four rectangle buttons that allow me > to have 4 desktops, and on each side are four other options and each has an > up arrow that has more options form a menu. At home I have downloaded > OpenSolaris but when I log in there i have a task bar at the top and bottom > of the screen. I prefer the setup at school better is there a way to change > my home machine to do that? With OpenSolaris its the gnome[1] desktop that is being shipped. And by default it has two panels one at the top and the other bottom. Each of these panels has various applets on them. Like the one you are referring to with the 4 rectangle buttons is called the "Workspace Switcher" applet. In a default installation the following applets are in the top panel: * Main Menu * Notification Area * Calendar Applet * Volume Control * Power Management Applet * Network Status Applet
You could delete the top panel by right-clicking on the panel and selecting the "Delete this panel" option. And then go ahead and add the above mentioned applets (if you need them) to your panel at the bottom. HTH, Partha
