> > >>> How to add an application icon to gnome 3 classic desktop on centos 8? > >>> TIA > >> Using firefox as an example, > >> > >> cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop $(xdg-user-dir DESKTOP)/ > >> > >> or > >> > >> ln -s /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop $(xdg-user-dir DESKTOP)/ > >> > > I've already tried something like this but the icon is that of a text > > document and it just opens as text when clicked. Do I have to install a > > shell extension for this to work? > I got the first approach to work for me, the cp command. That being > said, I'm on CentOS 7.7 with gnome 3.28. Supposedly you CAN INSTALL an > extension to get you back to a right mouse click to add an application > to your icon to your desktop, but this requires gnome 3.30. The lack of > something easier to do this is truly annoying. I feel your pain! >Finally. ln -s doesn't work. cp and then rightclick on the icon and select "Allow Launching". Easy as pie. I develop and do some admin work on Linux servers for some 20 years but GNOME 3 still baffles me. Thanks guys.
On 10/5/19 9:14 PM, ????????? ???????? wrote:> ... > Finally. ln -s doesn't work. cp and then rightclick on the icon and select > "Allow Launching". Easy as pie. I develop and do some admin work on Linux > servers for some 20 years but GNOME 3 still baffles me. Thanks guys.I use MATE exclusively. It is a GNOME 2 redezined for Gnome 3 base or something like that. It has ALL you need to work as fast as you can, you can even see all your icons in traybar so you can see instantly if you have messages or mail waiting for you, with just a eyeball movement without touching the mouse. For CentOS 7.7 it is in EPEL, we are still waiting for CentOS 8 rebuilt (from Fedora 28). -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant
> > > I use MATE exclusively. It is a GNOME 2 redezined for Gnome 3 base or > > something like that. It has ALL you need to work as fast as you can, > you > > can even see all your icons in traybar so you can see instantly if > you > > have messages or mail waiting for you, with just a eyeball movement > > without touching the mouse. For CentOS 7.7 it is in EPEL, we are > still > > waiting for CentOS 8 rebuilt (from Fedora 28). > > > > > > Yeah, I know. I use MATE on C7 too. But is this a viable option in the > > long run? I'm going to try GNOME 3 classic once again. I haven't touched > > GNOME 3 since C7 was released. Hopefully some useful features have been > > added since then. I mostly miss workspaces and ability to pin a lot of > > pics and documents to the desktop. > > Yeah, me too. As soon as I tried MATE I switched to it and never came > back to Gnome 3 Shell. > Biggest problems I hade with "Gnome 3 Shell" was it is/was hiding > traybar icons so I had to use a mouse to point to the coner to see if I > reciseved new message or mail. If I am not at PC to hear/see a popup I > have to remember to waste time to check if something new came up. That > and if I remember corectly placing documents on desktops was not possible. > MATE is an active project that I do not belive will die out. >We shall see. I still have a C6 box with GNOME 2. Relaxing. )