#desktopicons — Public Fediverse posts

Image, PDF and other file thumbnails will now show on the (literal) Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop, after a long-standing bug finally was fixed.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/desktop-file-thumbnails-fix-ubuntu-24-04

#ubuntu #desktopicons #linux

I actually made these cute coffee cups a little while ago as desktop icons, to brighten up my workspace ☕️✨️

They are still available through my Etsy store if you would like them too! 😊

https://siseliestudio.etsy.com/listing/1346766719

#artshop #etsyshop #digitalproducts #desktopicons

Just released #Budgie Desktop View 1.3.

Release notes up at https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop-view/releases/tag/v1.3

#openSource #desktopIcons #linux #software

Want to Add App Shortcuts to the Desktop in Ubuntu? Use This Extension

Looking for an easy way to add application shortcuts to the desktop on Ubuntu? If so, the ably named Add to Desktop GNOME extension is what you need. This simple, straight-forward add-ons makes creating desktop shortcut for your favourite apps a total cinch. How cinch-y? You just have to right-click on an any application shortcut in the Applications grid and select the “Add to Desktop”, as this GIF demonstrates: Now, you don’t need a GNOME extension to do this. You can put app shortcuts on the desktop in Ubuntu manually. Just open the Nautilus file manager, navigate to ~/usr/share/applications (or :sys_more_orange:
#HowTo #DesktopIcons #GnomeExtensions #Shortcuts

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/add-app-shortcut-desktop-ubuntu

This GTK4 Fork of Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons Extension is Pretty Neat

If you’re an avid user of Ubuntu’s desktop icons extension but you wish it did a little bit more there’s an enhanced GTK4 version you need to check out. The perfunctorily-titled ‘Gtk4 Desktop Icons NG’ extension is a direct fork of the regular Desktop Icons NG extension that Ubuntu has shipped with since Ubuntu 21.04 (trivia: that extension is itself a fork of the original desktop icons extension created by GNOME developers). So what’s special about it? For many, the most compelling “feature” of GTK4 Desktop Icons NG is that it — at last! — does what many have longed :sys_more_orange:
#News #DesktopIcons #GnomeExtensions #Gtk4 #UbuntuDock

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/gtk4-ding-desktop-icons-gnome-extension

How to Put the Trash Can on the Desktop in Ubuntu 22.04

This quick guide shows you how to add a trash can icon to the desktop in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The distro previously relocated its trash can to the Ubuntu dock.
#HowTo #DesktopIcons #Trash #Ubuntu22_04Lts

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/show-trash-can-on-ubuntu-desktop-22-04

Ding! Ubuntu 21.04 Fixes My Biggest Pet Peeve

Aloha, Hirsute! It seems you solve my single biggest gripe with modern Ubuntu releases: a poor desktop icons experience. Ever since upstream GNOME jettisoned the ability to put icons on the desktop — it has :sys_more_orange:
#Dev #News #DesktopIcons #GnomeExtensions #HirsuteHippo #Ubuntu21_04

:sys_omgubuntu: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/03/ding-ubuntu-21-04-fixes-my-biggest-pet-peeve