Once X11 is operating, you probably want to try some things out to get an idea of what is included in your system. First, the basics.
Use the mouse (or keypad) to move over the default command window that appears when X11 starts up. This allows you to enter commands just like you can from the login prompt. The results show up on the X11 screen.
When the mouse is over a text area, you can 'select' content by pressing on the 'left' mouse button and holding it as you move the mouse around. Selected things will be 'marked'. The 'middle' mouse button can then be used to act as if you had typed those same characters in. This is sort of like the 'Windows' 'cut' and 'paste' functions only you don't have to mess around as much.
When the mouse is over an 'open' area of the screen, a click on the 'right' mouse button will bring up the X11 menu. You can then move the mouse around the menu, select the item of interest, and click on the 'left' mouse button to 'invoke' the item (or hold open a submenu if there is one).
Try these:
Security: This menu includes write lock, write enable, and other security and scanning functions. Write lock and write enable prevent or allow write access to mounted file systems.
Ethereal: This tools allows you to watch all of the packets that enter and leave on your Ethernet interfaces and get full details of their contents. You will have to "Start" in "Capture" mode to see packets. This works even if you have not brought up the network interface.
Nmapfe: This is the 'NMAP Front End' which allows you to map a network from a graphical interface. It is useful in finding out what a network looks like, what services are available on what computers, and what kinds of computers are running in this network.
Utilities: This menu includes xkill, and items to start and stop select services. Xkill will kill any window on the X11 screen. After clicking on Xkill, move the mouse over a window you wish to kill and pressing the left mouse button. Starting and stopping services is useful for providing remote access (a risky thing).
Mozilla: This is a "Netscape"-like web browser, emailer, news client, etc. Select Mozilla under the Mozilla submenu and it will automatically come up with the default location of the on-CD Bootable CD manual or other on-CD web site depending on the distribution.
Pan: Pan is a news reader. It is a very nice graphical interface to news groups that runs from the Bootable CD X11.
Workspace List: This allows you to add additional 'desktops' so that you can have many screens worth of information available and switch between them by using the "Workspace" arrows at the bottom of the X11 screen (on the bottom menu bar).
Styles: This allows you to change the style of your X11 interface.
Here are some other handy X11 things:
Shutter a window: Double click (left button) on a window header to shutter/unshutter it.
Kill a window: Click (left mouse) on the 'X' in the upper right hand corner.
Resize: Grab a corner (hold down a left mouse click) and move it to resize the window. Release the button to finish the resize.
Workspace Selection: The middle mouse button over open areas of the screen will allow you to add or move to other workspaces quickly.
Emergency exit: Hold [ctrl][alt][backspace] to exit X11.
We also include some entertainment functions on the Bootable CD, so make sure to have some fun along the way.