*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1710931 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710931
It's one of those Gnome design choices about cleanliness and minimalism.
It appears Ubuntu in general disagrees with that choice so 17.10 enables
the desktop icons.
Interestingly nautilus-desktop is an X app (running through Xwayland).
It's the only part of the desktop that's not native Wayland. So if it
sticks around someone will need to make nautilus-desktop able to run
under Wayland natively.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722688
Title:
GNOME desktop isn't a desktop.
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
In Progress
Bug description:
In the major DE, windows & mac, the desktop is a desktop. It has files
on it. If you click on the desktop, focus goes to it, and ctrl+n will
open a new file browsing window (Mac Finder or Windows Explorer) and
ctrl+shift+n will create a new folder. If you right-click on the
desktop, you should be able to create a new folder, properties,
restore missing files, open in Terminal, etc. It's supposed to be part
of the desktop environment. However, in GNOME, the desktop doesn't
feel like a desktop. It's theoretically the directory
/home/USERNAME/Desktop, but in GNOME I can't start manipulating Files
(Nautilus) by focusing on the desktop with a click nor an alt-tab.
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