Ubuntu unity

The following text may serve as a succint navigation guide for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and later versions. The user interface for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is called unity; any windows users may feel more comfortable referring to it as a desktop.

Desktop environment

Unity Dash

Unity dash is suppose to resemble the functionality and appearence of a dasboard (as one may find in a car or a plane), but it is not entirely wrong to think of it as a menu of sorts.

Shortcuts and Functions

Unity Dashboard

"Alt + tab" allows you to flip through programs

Head-Up Display)