Desktop Organization

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:44:34 -0400 ray at ccux.com,         "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> I have Ubuntu-14.4 and am new to Ubuntu so need some help with arranging 
> icons onto the
> desktop than in a single line onto the left of the desktop.

You misunderstand what is going on. The vertical row of icons you see on the
lefy of your screen are NOT desktop icons. The vertical row is a *launcher*,
very much like the (typically) horizontal launcher of the current incarnation
of (Mac)OS-X. Ubuntu's 'Unity' desktop system has lifted ideas more from
(Mac)OS-X than MS-Windows (including what it does with menubars). 

It is possible to install alternive desktop systems (eg GNome, KDE, etc.) that 
have a more 'MS-Windows' flavor, which might be more to your liking.

> Thanks
> 

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