Quick tutorial that shows beginners how to remove the shortcut icons from Xfce4 Desktop in (X)Ubuntu 14.10, (X)Ubuntu 14.04. Xfce4 shows Home, Devices, Trash icons on desktop out-of-the-box. You can’t simply remove them from the right-click context menu. But it’s easy to hide or disable them via the Desktop Settings utility. 1. Open Desktop Settings… Continue reading How to Remove Desktop Shortcut Icons in (X)Ubuntu XFCE4
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How to Create Desktop Shortcut Icons in Ubuntu 14.10
This quick tutorial shows you how to easily create applications shortcut icons on your Ubuntu’s default Unity Desktop. Due to permission issue, it’s not possible to drag and drop application shortcuts from the Unity Dash to the Desktop. You will get below error dialog when trying to do so: As a workaround we can directly… Continue reading How to Create Desktop Shortcut Icons in Ubuntu 14.10
Show / Hide Desktop Shortcuts in Ubuntu via Context Menu
Want an option in your desktop’s context menu (right-click menu) that hides or un-hides all your desktop shortcuts in Ubuntu Unity or Gnome? Ramvignesh, the guy sent me two simple scripts with this great idea. If you are interested, below will show you how to do it step by step. 1. How to Create Desktop… Continue reading Show / Hide Desktop Shortcuts in Ubuntu via Context Menu