The_Official_Raspberry_Pi_-_Beginner’s_Book_Vol1,_2018 (1)

(^40) THE OFFICIAL RASPBERRY PI BEGINNER'S GUIDE
Navigating the desktop
The version of Raspbian installed on most Raspberry Pi boards is properly known as ‘Raspbian
with the Raspberry Pi Desktop,’ referring to its main graphical user interface (Figure 3-7).
The bulk of this desktop is taken up with a picture, known as the wallpaper (A in Figure 3-7),
on top of which the programs you run will appear. At the top of the desktop is a taskbar (B),
which allows you to actually load each of the programs; these are then indicated by tasks (C)
in the taskbar.
5 Figure 3-7: The Raspbian desktop
The right-hand side of the menu bar houses
the system tray (D). At the very far right is an eject
symbol (J); clicking on this will bring up a list of
any removable storage, such as USB memory
sticks, you have connected to the Pi and allow
you to safely eject and remove them. Next to
this is the clock (I); click on it to bring up a digital
calendar (Figure 3-8).
4 Figure 3-8: The digital calendar
A B C D E F
Wallpaper
Taskbar
Task
System Tray
Bluetooth Icon
Network Icon
Volume Icon
CPU Monitor
Clock
Media Eject
Launcher
Window Titlebar
Minimise
Maximise
Close
M
N
O
P
I
J
K
L
G
H
Menu Icon (or Raspberry Icon)
A
C B
M NOP
L EFGHI J
K D