I tried and then gave up supporting 20.04. The reason is that only mutter 3.38 (Ubuntu 20.10) and later implements the API that the extension needs in Wayland sessions. You can load it in Xorg sessions on mutter 3.36 (Ubuntu 20.04) but that's not enough to declare official support. So that's another nail in the coffin for official support in 20.04.
You are still free to download and install the extension from source and use it in Xorg sessions on 20.04... https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/desktop-icons-ng/-/releases ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- 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: Won't Fix 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
