2.2.3. Changing system settings#

The System Settings application can be used to customize the desktop, the operating system and hardware (Fig. 18).

You can launch it from the applications’ menu.

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Fig. 18 System Settings application#

The settings you can configure here include accessibility, user accounts, date and time, keyboard layout, language, network, display and more.

Changing keyboard layout#

The default keyboard layout of the virtual machine is English (US).

You can change this under:

Hardware ‣ Keyboard ‣ Layouts

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Fig. 19 Keyboard layouts in System Settings#

Changing system date and time#

The system date and time can be updated by selecting:

Preferences ‣ Date and Time

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Fig. 20 Date and time settings#