On 02/17/2018 07:17 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday, February 16, 2018 10:33:01 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
Both are good descriptions of what I want.
If it cannot be done in MATE, is there another desktop or approach that
will accomplish my goal?
TIA
As long as we are talking about icons on the desktop (instead of, for example,
menu items on the toolbar) I believe you can do it in kde (as in kde4 on
Wheezy). I don't do it, but I just did a quick experiment--I put an icon on
one desktop, I might have selected some sort of option (what can I say, I'm
getting old and I have a headache--my short term memory is sometimes very bad)
and it now appears on only one of my 8 desktops.
If you are seriously interested in trying kde, let me know, and I'll
experiment a little more and give you more detailed instructions.
Curt referred me to
<https://www.datamation.com/open-source/how-to-setup-kde-activities.html>
which, in combination with linked pages, gives a good description of
what I want.
I have a spare machine and and a complete set of Debian 9 DVD's for a
test install. It's supposed to be cold and/or wet for next week. I'll
have time.
