It appears the main problem here is an upstream one: The extension does not support GNOME 3.36 used in Ubuntu 20.04. The upstream code only declares support for 3.38 and 40, while the GNOME page for the extension offers downloads for 3.30, 3.32, 3.34, 3.38, 40.
Please report a bug to the developer requesting support for GNOME 3.36: https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/desktop-icons-ng/-/issues and then tell us the new issue ID. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926070 Title: Please backport Desktop Icons NG to 20.04 Status in Focal Backports: New Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: After testing Hirsute for a bit, I am convinced that Desktop Icons NG fixes a large and frustrating usability issue on the LTS desktop. It’s a wonderful restoration of functionality that I still trip over myself expecting from “muscle memory” in 20.04, but being reminded that I can’t do simple things like drag and drop. I have read some others suggestions to just install the extension oneself, and upon investigation, I found that it wasn’t a very clear process. Even Igor at dedoimedo.com had issues with going this route -> https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gnome-ding.html 4 . For these reasons, I am hoping that someone out there (hopefully more than one) agrees that replacing the current desktop icons package in 20.04 would only help those on an LTS desktop. As excited as I am for the interim releases (especially concerning Wayland and Pipewire), I don’t want to move away from a well-supported release to have a desktop that we could have (and I feel should have) in 20.04. I know that some work would be involved, but I for one would be very grateful, for what it’s worth. Thanks to all for your time. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/focal-backports/+bug/1926070/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
