My workaround is to stay on Ubuntu 18... -steve
> Thank you all for reminding me that I have done the right thing by never > installing GNOME if an alternative is available. > One would think that "the developers know better than end-users what users > want" attitude would have softened over the years. > Apparently not. > > KDE is big and bloated and sometimes overkill, but it never insults its > users. I have also found MATE to be a kinder, gentler, less user-hostile > version of GNOME and my second choice as a desktop. > > Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada > @evanleibovitch / @el56 > > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 09:59, John Weintraub via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > wrote: > >> You could try installing Ubuntu Mate 21.10, as Mate supports desktop >> icons. >> >> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:49 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk < >> talk@gtalug.org> wrote: >> >>> GNOME have finally made good on their threat to remove all support for >>> icons on the Desktop. Any files in ~/Desktop no longer produce icons on >>> the screen. The GNOME Shell plugin that was the last thing that allowed >>> it is no longer supported. GNOME Shell itself seems broken: what was >>> the >>> Shell Preferences browser page now bring up a 404 page from gitlab. >>> >>> As someone who needs constant visual reminders of what he needs to be >>> doing, this is a huge blow for me. Desktop icons are a kind of todo >>> list >>> for me. My own actual real desktop seldom has flat space on it*: right >>> now it's relatively clear, with only 7 different MicroPython >>> development >>> boards on it. But in real and virtual life, my desktop is my work in >>> progress. I guess GNOME's telling me my work's done now? >>> >>> I'm not even sure if there are other desktops for Ubuntu any more that >>> aren't KDE. >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Stewart >>> >>> *: a real picture from a month ago: >>> https://twitter.com/scruss/status/1439765045257383940 >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org >>> Unsubscribe from this mailing list >>> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >> >> >> -- >> John Weintraub >> #333-7451 Moffatt Rd. >> Richmond BC Canada >> V6Y 3W3 >> 604-813-9830 >> johnweintr...@gmail.com >> >> --- >> Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org >> Unsubscribe from this mailing list >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk