Speaking of 11.04 questions...

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

I fired up Beta 2 a couple weeks ago.  Seemed nice enough, though I was
trying to get the feel for the interface.  And what finally turned me back
to 10.10, though, was the fact that I could *NOT* find a way to access
what I'll nominally call the "preferences" and "administration" menus. 
And, yeah, I know I can search for the stuff -- and that's great, when you
already know what you're searching for.  But how the **** do I just poke
around?

Thanks for any/all insights...

-Ken