[Gnome] Desktop customisation for n00bs

[Adnams Drinker]

I know purists will probably flame me for trying to “Windows-ize” it already, but how do I go about removing the Trash Can from the panel at the bottom of the screen and making an icon of it on the desktop? Having been browsing the Linux desktops thread earlier, I noticed quite a lot of the screens are showing this. Does it require installation of an extra package or am I just too dumb to find it?

Come to mention it, my desktop is devoid of icons altogether - have been unable to find an equivalent to 'Create Shortcut' so far ...

I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 with Gnome 2.18.1 if that's any help

 

[Cob]

Come to mention it, my desktop is devoid of icons altogether - have been unable to find an equivalent to 'Create Shortcut' so far ...

Right-click>Make Link

 

[Adnams Drinker]

Cheers for that - although it's greyed out when I try and make a shortcut to my 'home' folder to place on the desktop ... never mind.

Any ideas how I go about getting a Trash/Wastebasket on the desktop rather than in the bottom panel?

 

[punky_munky]

$ gconf-editor

apps/nautilus/desktop

maybe there's a less long winded way...

 

[Adnams Drinker]

$ gconf-editor

apps/nautilus/desktop

maybe there's a less long winded way...

That's worked fine and was also my first experience using the command line

That was the only aspect of it that you could say was long-winded ... the fact that I had to use a CLI to access the editor rather than selecting an icon from a menu, but even so, not exactly a hardship ...

Either way, have just made a launcher icon for it on the desktop for future use

Cheers dude

 

[Cake]

Using the CLI is faster than moving the mouse through countless menus and finding the right app

But that's just my opinion...

 

[punky_munky]

Especially when you realise you can press tab to autocomplete.

 

[Cake]

I love bash <3

Found out how to start the terminal in OS X once on my mate's Macbook. Was ecstatic with joy.

 

[Adnams Drinker]

Using the CLI is faster than moving the mouse through countless menus and finding the right app

But that's just my opinion...

I know that now yeah - but as a total n00b I'd never touched the CLI before and trying to find some way of achieving it via the menus had proved fruitless ... that and the fact when I'm trying something new I have a simple rule - if you don't understand it, don't **** about with it

 

[Cake]

I know that now yeah - but as a total n00b I'd never touched the CLI before and trying to find some way of achieving it via the menus had proved fruitless ... that and the fact when I'm trying something new I have a simple rule - if you don't understand it, don't **** about with it

heh, keep using HowTOs that require you to use the CLI for long enough and you'll be a master of the command line too. Creating your own bash scripts is fun

 

[Adnams Drinker]

heh, keep using HowTOs that require you to use the CLI for long enough and you'll be a master of the command line too. Creating your own bash scripts is fun

Will have a Google later - in the meantime, do you know of any good CLI tutorials for common tasks suitable for a n00b?

I'm enjoying this - there's something about Linux that feels really raw, back to basics and hardcore that really appeals to my inner geek, without the glossy, lowest-common denominator approach of Windows

 

[marscay]

http://linux.org.mt/article/terminal is a start

just google 'bash for beginners' etc and you'll find heaps of good stuff

you're right, the freedom and the interaction with the OS in linux can't be beat especially if you're one who likes to tinker about.

 

[Adnams Drinker]

Thanks for that , looks pretty thorough - will check it out in more detail over the weekend.

I do love to tinker with a computer, but only once I know (roughly) what I'm doing - I have an innate fear of blundering in and buggering things up ...