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>Using Guname</A
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>  
 
 <P
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Guname</SPAN
> displays a variety of
    basic information about your system. This section describes basic usage of
    <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Guname</SPAN
>.
    </P
>
  
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><A
NAME="mainwin"
>Basic usage</A
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>   
   <P
>    Starting <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Guname</SPAN
> opens 
    the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Main window</SPAN
>, shown in .

    
    <DIV
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><P
><B
><A
NAME="mainwindow-fig"
>Figure 1. Guname Main Window</A
></B
></P
>     
           
      <P
><IMG
SRC="guname-main.gif"></P
>
     
    </DIV
>
    
   </P
>

    <P
>	In the main window, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Guname</SPAN
> shows
	the operating system distribution your computer uses, the
	operating system, the distribution version, the operating
	system version, the operating system release, the processor
	type, the host name, the name of the user who invoked
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Guname</SPAN
>, the name of the X display
	and the status of the system: up time (the length of time
	since your computer was last booted), the current number of
	users and three numbers representing "load" - the average
	number of processes running on your computer over the last
	minute (the first load number), the last five minutes and the
	last fifteen minutes.
      </P
>

  

      <P
>The main window includes a text box that scrolls
      through a list of the many contributors to the GNOME
      project.</P
>

      <P
>The main window also includes three buttons that allow you
      to take further action: <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Detailed
      Information...</SPAN
>, <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Save Information to
      File...</SPAN
>, and <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Email
      Information</SPAN
>.</P
>
   

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><H2
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><A
NAME="detailed-information"
>Detailed Information</A
></H2
>      
      <P
>The <SPAN
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Detailed Information window</SPAN
>
      provides data on disk usage, memory and your CPU.</P
>
      
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><H3
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><A
NAME="diskinfo"
>Disk Information</A
></H3
>	
	

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><P
><B
><A
NAME="diskinfo-fig"
>Figure 2. Disk Information</A
></B
></P
>	  
	  	    
	    <P
><IMG
SRC="guname-diskinfo.gif"></P
>
	  
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>
	<P
>In the <SPAN
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Disk Information</SPAN
> window,
	<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Guname</SPAN
> provides an accounting of
	the amount of space on each of your filesystems and how it is
	allocated.</P
>

	<P
>You'll see a box for each of the mounted disk drives
      and/or disk partitions on your computer. The position of the
      display bar and the numbers above and to the left of it indicate
      the amount of space used and available on the disk, and who the
      space is allocated to.</P
>

      <P
>The label at the top of each box identifies the drive
      or partition it's measuring. <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/hda1</TT
>, for
      example, measures the first partition on the first hard drive
      (hda). <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/fd0</TT
> indicates it's the first
      floppy disk. Other identifiers can include
      <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/sda</TT
>, for the first
      <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SCSI</SPAN
> hard drive, and
      <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/sga</TT
> for the first generic
      <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SCSI</SPAN
> device.</P
>
     
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>

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CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="memory-information"
>Memory Information</A
></H3
>	     
	     <DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><P
><B
><A
NAME="memoryinfo-fig"
>Figure 3. Memory Information</A
></B
></P
>	  
		  
	  <P
><IMG
SRC="guname-memoryinfo.gif"></P
>
	
      </DIV
>
	<P
>The <SPAN
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Memory Information</SPAN
> window
	provides details on how much memory your computer has, and how
	it is allocated, including the amount currently in use.</P
>

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>

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><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="CPU-information"
>CPU Information</A
></H3
>	     
	     <DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><P
><B
><A
NAME="cpuinfo-fig"
>Figure 4. CPU Information</A
></B
></P
>	  
		  
	  <P
><IMG
SRC="guname-cpuinfo.gif"></P
>
	
      </DIV
>
	<P
>The <SPAN
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>CPU Information</SPAN
> window tells
	what kind of processor your computer has, who made it, how
	fast it goes and other details about its operation.</P
>

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>

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><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="saveormail"
>Saving or Mailing Information</A
></H3
>	
	<P
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Guname's</SPAN
> main window gives
	you two ways to save information for later use.</P
>
	
	<P
>Clicking on the <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Save Information to
	File...</SPAN
> button opens a standard save window,
	prompting you for the name and directory location in which to
	save the file. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Guname</SPAN
> then saves a
	text file with all the basic information contained in the
	application's main window.</P
>

	<P
>Guname also offers the option of emailing the system
	information. Clicking on the <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Email
	Information...</SPAN
> button opens a dialog box prompting
	you for the email address to which you'd like the information
	sent.</P
>

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