Desktop Organization

[Liam Proven]

On 8 August 2014 18:21, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> 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.


While all this is perfectly true, you can still have desktop icons in
Unity. No need to change desktops.

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