Quick tip … want to hide all the icons cluttering up your Gnome Desktop ?
Run gconf-editor (Alt-F2, type gconf-editor, Press “Run”) and navigate the tree to find /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop. Set the value to false (uncheck the checkbox), and your Desktop icons should disappear.
You can still access any files on the Desktop using the file manager (eg, [...]
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Hide the Desktop icons in Gnome for a clutter free Ubuntu
November 25th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Linux, Ubuntu
Mount ISO images with a right click in the Ubuntu file manager (Nautilus)
August 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Linux, Ubuntu
I recently discovered a handy script for Nautilus to mount an ISO image using the right click context menu. It’s a handy feature that lets you quickly peek inside an iso CD/DVD image (in read-only mode), without messing around typing the typical command line (sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 myimage.iso /media/iso).
