Inkscape

 scalable vector graphics (SVG) editor 

Nautilus

 file manager.

On Red Hat the GNOME desktop looks similar to the KDE desktop because of 

the cross desktop 

BlueCurve

 Theme. As with KDE, you can place icons and 

folders on your desktop and start applications from the GNOME panel. On this 

panel you can also freely arrange GNOME applets (time, battery and wireless 

status, notification area, virtual desktop chooser, etc.). For even more fine tuning 

of the GNOME desktop, 

GDesklets

(

http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org/

)

provides many options to add custom applications ( desklets ) to the Gnome 

desktop.

4.3.3  Standardization issues

The standard Linux desktop installation process (such as that provided by 

Mandrake, Novell or Red Hat, etc.) provides the system administrator with many 

levels of choices for customizing the install process. This is not always what you 

want in an enterprise environment. But, one has to be very careful with 

hand made changes, since future upgrades can result in a lot of unexpected 

work.

Logos and graphics formats

Nevertheless, one has to make changes to conform to corporate identity policies 

and guidelines. You probably want a company logo and other brand graphics to 

be part of your standardized desktop. Simple bitmap graphics are not really state 

of the art anymore, and should be kept to a minimum to eliminate display 

resolution problems. 

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