Add Trash Can icon to ubuntu desktop

This post was written by admin on May 12, 2009
Posted Under: Compiz

If you used to be a Windows user,you may want to add a Trash Can icon to your ubuntu gnome desktop.

Press Alt and F2 key combination,type gconf-editor and press enter to open Configuration editor

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At following screen click to app–>nautilus–>desktop

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tick on trash_icon_visible at right side,and you will see the icon on your desktop:

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    This removed everything I had on my desktop, then started putting dozens of icons on my panel. I finally shut it down. I don’t know what happened to the other stuff on my Desktop.

    I am using Ubuntu 10.04.

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    admin Reply:

    I don’t know what happened to your Ubuntu,
    but you can try display those icons with Ailurus (GUI) tools.that make things easy,see:
    http://ubuntuguide.net/manage-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-and-study-linux-with-ailurus
    just check or un-check the options in second picture.In addition,you should download deb package to install Ailurus in Ubuntu 9.04

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    Written By walterbyrd on May 13th, 2010 @ 10:05 am

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