Adding icons on XFCE desktop

[Richard/n]

On Saturday 30 April 2005 08:42 am, Gavin Chester wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 01:31 -0700, Sami Samhuri wrote:
> > * On Sat Apr-30-2005 at 12:13:59 PM +0800, 
narendras at compucomtech.co.in said:
> > [...]
> > > Now i want to add icons on desktop , i tried a lot but all in 
vain .
> > > So please any suggestion in this regard .
> > > thanx in advance
> > 
> > This is not possible with xfdesktop in Xfce 4.2. It is planned 
for Xfce
> > 4.4 which has no release date set right now. It is said that it 
will be
> > released when it is ready (a good time IMO).
> > 
> > You are free to use any other desktop in place of xfdesktop. Rox 
seems
> > to be popular with Xfce users; however, many desktops provide 
desktop
> > icons. Simply run 'killall xfdesktop' and then run the desktop 
of your
> > choice. If you use a session manager then your choice should 
persist
> > through future logins. Otherwise you should edit your .xinitrc
> > accordingly.
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > 
> 
> No, I don't think that's a very helpful or friendly answer.  You 
are
> basically saying like or lump it - and go away and don't bother 
me :-(

I disagree.  
It was factual and gave more than one solution to the problem. 
Xfce doesn't have that capability and may not for some time.  

There are two opinions about icons on the desktop. 

Remember, email comunication is sometimes direct and to the point. 

regards,
Richard.

 
> I came from being a KDE devotee and have quickly adapted to Xfce 
because
> I have an older 450MHz workstation.  I'm sold on Xfce now because 
it has
> given me back system responsiveness, like it promised, compared 
with the
> bloated KDE.
> 
> Part of that adaption to Xfce is that I grew used to not having 
desktop
> icons.  You might too if you retrain yourself to use the menu 
and/or add
> all your favourite icons to the Xfce panel instead.  
> 
> If you are still finding it hard without desktop icons, and can't 
wait
> for the promise of them in 4.4, then you might want to look at 
iDesk
> that solves just this sort of problem:
> 
> http://idesk.sourceforge.net/
> 
> and a screen shot of icons on an Xfce desktop:
> 
> http://idesk.sourceforge.net/screenshots/0.7/screen_xfce1.jpg
> 
> Haven't used it myself, because I weaned myself off the icons, but 
it
> looks promising
> 
> Regards, Gavin
> 
>   
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