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The Session Manager can save and restore the following settings:
• Appearance and behavior settings, such as fonts, colors, and mouse settings.
• Applications that you were running. such as a file manager or an OpenOffice.org
program.
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You cannot save and restore applications that Session Manager does not
manage. For example, if you start the Vi editor from the command line in
a terminal window, Session Manager cannot restore your editing session.
For information on configuring session preferences, see Section 3.5.8, “Managing
Sessions” (page 86).
1.1.2 Switching Desktops
If you installed both the GNOME and the KDE desktops, use the following instructions
to switch desktops.
1
Click Computer > Logout > Log Out.
In KDE, click the main menu button, then click Leave > Logout.
2
In KDE, click Session on the login screen and select the desktop you want. In
GNOME, first select or enter a user and then choose a desktop from the Session
menu.
3 Type your username, then press Enter .
4 Type your password, then press Enter .
1.1.3 Locking Your Screen
To lock the screen, you can do either of the following:
• Click Computer > Lock Screen.
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