[arch-general] Cannot Find Desktop in GNOME3

[Ionut Biru]

On 05/09/2011 11:11 PM, Guillermo Leira wrote:
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>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: arch-general-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-general-
>> bounces at archlinux.org] En nombre de Steve Holmes
>> Enviado el: lunes, 09 de mayo de 2011 21:46
>> Para: General Discussion about Arch Linux
>> Asunto: Re: [arch-general] Cannot Find Desktop in GNOME3
>>
>> Thanks for telling me about the desktop being gone.  I really wondered
>> and am a bit surprised as I thought most people valued and used a
>> desktop area quite a bit.  Yes, I opened up my home directory from the
>> places and then opened the desktop folder from there.  Actually, I
>> think my desktop was actually a top level folder in my places menu but
>> still, not the same.  In fact, I have had launchers on the desktop in
>> the past but I guess I could get them on there again if I wanted.
>> It's just that the desktop was typically addressable from a single
>> keystroke before.  Well whatever...
>>
>> I've heard comments like that before about gnome getting less and less
>> configurable; pretty soon, it will be like that other windows
>> operating system out there.
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> You can install gnome-tweak-tool. When you launch it, the last option is
> "File Manager". Then you can select "Have file manager handle the desktop".
> Logout, login, and your icons and folders should be back to your desktop. It
> works almost as it used to.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Guillermo Leira
>


i don't really encourage anyone to do that when using gnome-shell. With 
gnome-shell only ONE instance of the application can run and enabling 
the desktop to be handled by nautilus will mean that is running in the 
background and you cannot click on the icon to launch it again.


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Ionuț