Other Interesting Places to Visit

You now have a pretty good grasp of Nautilus and what it can do for you. Starting from the Places menu on the top panel is the best way to take Nautilus where you want it to go. There are, or can be, some other interesting places in that menu.

For instance, select Computer from the Places menu and Nautilus opens up with a bird's eye view of your system. A Filesystem icon starts you at the top level of your file system tree. Your floppy drive appears here as does another icon representing your CD-ROM or DVD drive. There can be several icons depending on how many drives are on your system (see Figure 4-18). These days, it's not unusual for people to carry around a USB key or USB pen drive. If you plug one of these in to your Ubuntu system, it becomes one of the interesting places you can visit.

Figure 4-18. Selecting Computer from the Places menu shows you an overview of devices connected to your system.