Gnome Control Center - Desktop Properties Manager in Ubuntu Gutsy

Gnome control center is a front end to configuration applets (capplets) that lets you configure your GNOME desktop. It’s the same like YAST in openSUSE or Control Panel in Windows.

You can run it through Run Application screen or enable it from ‘Main Menu’

Menu Available:

Personal

• About Me

• Assistive Technology Preference

• Keyboard Accessibility

• Keyboard Shortcuts

• Preferred Application

• Sessions

Look and Feel

• Advanced Desktop Effects

• Appearance

• Main Menu

• Screen Saver

• Windows

Internet and Netwok

• Network Proxy

• Remote Desktop

Hardware

• Default printer

• Hardware information

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Printing

• Screen Resolution

• Screen and Graphics

• Sound

System

• Keyring Manager

• Language Support

• Login Window

• Network

• Network Tools

• Power Management

• Restricted Driver Manager

• Services

• Shared Folder

• Software Sources

• Synaptic Package Manager

• System Log

• System Monitor

• Time and Date

• Update Manager

• User and Groups

Other

• Bluetooth Preferences

• Indexing Preferences

• Kiba-Settings

• Palm OS Devices

• Removable Drives and Media Preferences

• SCIM Input Method Setup

To open gnome-control-center from ‘Run Application screen’, press Alt+F2 and type ‘gnome-control-center‘.

To enable it, Open System > Preferences > Main Menu.

From the Menus List, choose ‘Preferences’ and mark ‘Control center’ on the ‘Items List’.

The other way to open “Main Menu”. Press Alt+F2 and type “alacarte”.