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CHAPTER 7 BOOTING UBUNTU FOR THE FIRST TIME 71 Table 7-1. Windows Desktop Features Equivalents Under Ubuntu Windows Function Description Ubuntu Equivalent Shutdown/Reboot At the bottom of the Start menu within Windows is the Shutdown button. Clicking System . Log Out brings up a dialog box that is almost identical to the one displayed in Windows. It gives you the option of rebooting, shutting down, logging out (returning to the initial username/password prompt), or hibernating the system (suspending the RAM to disk and then shutting down the computer). It will take some time to get used to the look and feel of Ubuntu; everything will initially seem odd. You ll find that the on-screen fonts look a little different from those in Windows, for example. The icons also won t be the same as you re used to in Windows. This can be a little disconcerting, but that feeling will quickly pass, and everything will become second nature. We ll look at how you can personalize the desktop in Chapter 10. Running Programs Starting a new program is easy. Just click the Applications menu and then choose a program from the list, as you would in Windows using the Start menu. The menu, shown in Figure 7-5, is split into various subcategories of programs, such as office tools, graphics programs, and even games! Figure 7-5. The programs on the Applications menu are split into various categories.