Specifications

Using the IRIX Interactive Desktop

Now you are ready to use the desktop management system called the IRIX Interactive

Desktop.

The IRIX Interactive Desktop and Its Icons

By default, several icons appear on the desktop: a folder icon representing your home

directory, a dumpster icon, and iconsfor peripherals you haveinstalled. See Figure 1-20.

Theperipheral icons showthe currentstate of thedevices they represent.For example, if

you place a music CD into the compact disc player, the icon changes. When you

double-click the icon, it opensCD Player, a utility that letsyou playfroma compactdisc.

Figure 1-20 Peripheral Icons