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The desktop environment used in Tails is [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org). This page describes some important features of the desktop in the context of Tails.
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[[!toc levels=3]]
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<h1 id="top-navigation-bar">Top navigation bar</h1>
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In the upper-left corner of the screen, there are 2 elements:
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[[!img upper-left.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]
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The Activities button [[!img lib/activities.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt=""]]
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The Apps menu
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<h2 id="activities">Activities button</h2>
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The shape of the Activities button represents your workspaces, the grouping of windows on your desktop. For example, below is the shape of the Activities button if you have 3 workspaces and the second workspace is the one that it displayed right now.
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[[!img lib/workspaces.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt=""]]
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To open the Activities Overview, you can either:
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Click on the Activities button.
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Throw your mouse pointer to the upper-left corner of the screen.
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Press the [[!img lib/start.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt="Super"]] key on your keyboard.
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You can see your windows and applications in the overview. You can also start typing to search your applications, files, and folders.
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<h2 id="applications">Apps menu</h2>
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The **Apps** menu provides launchers for the [[included software|about/features]] and GNOME utilities.
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[[!img applications.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]
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<a id="help"></a>
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<div class="icon">
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