In this hands-on project, you log in to a graphical terminal in Fedora Linux and interac...

In this hands-on project, you log in to a graphical terminal in Fedora Linux and interact with the GNOME and KDE desktops.

1. Switch to the graphical terminal (tty1) by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, click sample user one, supply the password secret, and press Enter. Which desktop is started and why?

2. Observe the GNOME desktop. Use your mouse to select the Applications menu in the upper-left corner of your screen, select System Tools, and then select Terminal to open a BASH shell prompt. What prompt do you receive and why?

3. At the command prompt, type who and press Enter to view the users logged in to the system. Note that tty1 is listed as running on port 0 (:0) and your Terminal application is running as a pseudo terminal session (pts/0) within your GUI environment.

4. Select the System menu, select Log Out user1, and then click Log Out to confirm the action.

5. At the graphical login screen, click sample user one and then choose KDE from the Sessions selection box at the bottom of the screen. Next, supply the password secret and press Enter to log in to the KDE desktop.

6. Observe the KDE desktop. Select the Fedora icon in the lower-left section of your screen and navigate to Applications, System, Terminal to open a BASH shell prompt. What prompt do you receive and why?

7. At the command prompt, type echo $SHELL and press Enter to view your current shell. Is this shell the same shell used for command-line terminals?

8. Click the Fedora icon again. From this menu, select Leave and then Logout. Click Logout to confirm the action.