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[Clay Weber]

On Saturday, June 27, 2015 01:01:03 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-06-27 at 05:13 -0500, Joshua Robinson wrote:
> > 2. How to create a soft link to a program on the Desktop without
> > creating a folder ?
> 
> $ cd ~/Desktop
> $ ln -s /usr/bin/true desktop_icon_name
> $ ln -s ~/Desktop/ desktop_icon_name_2
> $ ls -hAl
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 13 Jun 27 12:41 desktop_icon_name ->
> /usr/bin/true lrwxrwxrwx 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 26 Jun 27 12:43
> desktop_icon_name_2 -> /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/
> 
> I don't use a desktop, so to see icons I need to take a look with a
> file manager. SpaceFM shows a folder for the link to the Desktop folder
> and a binary icon for the link to /usr/bin/true. It likely depends on
> the target what icon is used. If I use Rodent instead of SpaceFM it's
> the same. IOW assumed the target is a "program", the icon likely
> automagically is a binary icon and if the target is a folder, the icon
> is a folder icon.
> 
> JFTR even
> 
> $ ln -s /usr/bin/qupzilla Qt_version_of_Firefox
> 
> get's a binary icon. If you want to get the icon of QupZilla instead,
> then you need to add a launcher or what ever it's named by the used
> desktop environment. For KDE likely plasma-launcher-thingy :D.

As a default  KDE desktop does not actually show the ~/desktop folder as the 
desktop, this does not really work.

If you desire an icon on your desktop that launches a program, the first thing 
to try is to simply drag the menu icon for it from the kmenu and drop it in 
the desktop, or right-click on  the entry and choose "add to desktop"

If you want a full-on classic  files-and-folders-on-your-desktop, you can 
switch your current layout to that by right-clicking on your desktop, go to 
Desktop Settings, and switch to the Folder View layout. Not 100% sure exactly 
what it is called or exactly where it is positioned in 14.04, but it will be 
easily found.


As to the folder widget,  you have to change plasma themes to one that has a 
non-transparent widget background, or turn off compositing/desktop effects.

-- 
Clay Weber

p.s. -- it is OK to actually spell out the word 'Kubuntu' ;)