Neat Trick

[Nils Kassube]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Bill vance wrote:
> > On 4/21/15, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > > Bill Vance wrote:
> > >> Oops!  The wordwrapping made it a little less plain than
> > >> intended.  Try it this way.
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> cd /home/$USER/Desktop
> > >> Name=$(cat /etc/hostname)
> > >> ln -s / $Name
> > >> cd -
> > > 
> > > Or just a single command:
> > > 
> > > ln -s / ~/Desktop/$(cat /etc/hostname)
> > > 
> > > But what's it good for?
> > 
> > Try it and see.  If you don't want it then, use, "rm", on it.
> 
> Well, I don't see any change to my desktop, that's why I asked.

I had to play a bit with the desktop settings (in a VM to avoid changes 
to my current setup) and finally I found it: It seems to work only if 
you have a folder widget set to show the contents of the specified 
folder "/home/$USER/Desktop". But I don't have that on my desktop and 
the live-dvd image of Kubuntu 14.04 doesn't have it either by default.


Nils