[K12OSN] IceWM, Gnome & Nautilus FRUSTRATIONS

[Bill Bardon]

On Thursday, Apr 28 Gavin Chester wrote:
> Haven't tried it myself, but screenshots look promising.  I switched
> to XFce instead of IceWM because I reckon it has more pizazz out of
> the two - and nautilus didn't load by default :-).  Since then, I've
> just got used to the absence of desktop icons and haven't felt the
> need to play with iDesk, myself.  Mind you, I feel left out when Joe
> Blow talks about clicking on the default xxx icon, etc.  Sob.

I guess this is a user preference thing, but I run IceWM alone, and
haven't missed desktop icons a bit.  I put buttons for my most often
used apps in the toolbar ($HOME/.icewm/toolbar) so they are visible even
when my desktop is covered with already open apps.


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Bill Bardon
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