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Idea
#9386: By default - do not show any desktop icons, including drives icons
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Written by mangar the 2 Jun 08 at 14:43.
Category: System.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
The Desktop is usually used as temporary workspace, with anything else being clutter and distraction.
Most of the time, the desktop is covered by active application windows, so anything that resides on the desktop is hard to reach.
Also - this is duplication of functionality - the places menu provides an easy access to drives, which is not obscured by the windows.
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nevermind85 wrote on the 2 Jun 08 at 16:34
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If you don't like icons on your desktop, just don't put anything there. Stop requesting setting up defaults that suit only personal preferences.
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mangar wrote on the 2 Jun 08 at 16:40
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It's a user-interface refinement suggestion, rather than personal preference.
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george9233 wrote on the 2 Jun 08 at 16:42
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I think that's just a question of personal flavour, and new users might find it uncomfortable if they found nothing on the desktop. But indeed there should be a simple program which allows user to switch between the two modes, instead of go into the gconf editor which would be hard for new users.
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george9233 wrote on the 2 Jun 08 at 16:42
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I think that's just a question of personal flavour, and new users might find it uncomfortable if they found nothing on the desktop. But indeed there should be a simple program which allows user to switch between the two modes, instead of go into the gconf editor which would be hard for new users.
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george9233 wrote on the 2 Jun 08 at 16:45
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Sorry my browser just hanged, and I pressed the button twice.
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yztlyrn wrote on the 2 Jun 08 at 20:29
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There's already a way to turn off Desktop Icons.
1, If you don't have it already, get Configuration Editor from the repos (synaptic).
2. It will appear in Applications/System Tools. Launch it.
3. Browse the tree to apps/nautilus/desktop
4. Set your Desktop ANY way you like!!!
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yztlyrn wrote on the 2 Jun 08 at 20:38
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OH an BTW since Firefox downloads automagiclly to the desktop, I like to turn on the "Home" icon to have a quick place to drag downloads for later sorting after I have reviewed them.
A better idea is to have the drive icons "aware" of each other to prevent stacking them on top of one another. That's an issue that drives me bonkers. For some reason (totally at random) my drives occasionally will appear on top of one another when plugging and unplugging removable drives.
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carickw wrote on the 27 Aug 08 at 20:03
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Ubuntu tweak allows you to do it easily
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