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The desktop environment used in Tails is [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org). This page describes some important features of the desktop in the context of Tails.
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<h1 id="top-navigation-bar">Top navigation bar</h1>
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In the upper left corner of the screen there is one button and three menus:
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the <b>Activities</b> button
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the <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> menu
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the <span class="guimenu">Places</span> menu
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To access your windows and applications you can either:
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Click on the <b>Activities</b> button.
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Throw your mouse pointer to the top-left hot corner.
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Press the <b>Super</b> ([[!img lib/start.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt=""]]) key on your keyboard.
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You can see your windows and applications in the overview. You can also start typing to search your applications, files, and folders.
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<h2 id="applications">Applications menu</h2>
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The <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> menu provides shortcuts to the
[[included software|about/features]] and to GNOME configuration utilities.
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<a id="help"></a>
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<span class="guimenuitem">Help</span>: to access the <span class="application">GNOME Desktop Help</span> choose
<span class="menuchoice">
<span class="guisubmenu">Utilities</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guimenuitem">Help</span></span>
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<b>Settings</b>:
to change various system settings such as keyboard, mouse and touchpad,
or displays, choose <b>System Tools&nbsp;▸ Settings</b>.
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<p>By default, any setting that you change in Tails is lost when you shut down
Tails. Only the settings that you saved in the [[Persistent
Storage|persistent_storage]] are restored when you restart Tails.</p>
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<p>To learn about the many keyboard shortcuts in GNOME,
open the <i>Settings</i> utility and choose
<b>Keyboard Shortcuts</b>.</p>
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<span class="guimenuitem">About Tails</span>:
to know the version of Tails that you are currently running, choose
<span class="menuchoice">
<span class="guisubmenu">Tails</span>&nbsp;▸
<span class="guimenuitem">About Tails</span></span>
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<h3 id="favorites">Favorites submenu</h3>
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