Adding shortcut to desktop

[Erik Grun]

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Am 17.01.2015 um 00:35 schrieb Alex Regan:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a fedora21 desktop that I'm building for my father-in-law
> and have installed gnome-tweak-tool to enable icons on the desktop.
> Now, I'd like to add an icon on the desktop to automatically start
> a qemu instance of windows7. I'd even settle for an icon that
> opens virt-manager in such a way as to be able to start the
> instance.
> 
> How about adding it to the menu that appears when you move the
> mouse all the way to the left?
> 
> I found this link at gnome.org but I can't believe that it's still
> this hard for an end-user (my father-in-law) to add links to his
> own programs?
> 
> https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en

Sorry
> 
that I can't help you with this particular problem. (I'm using
XFCE/dwm)
But maybe you could use the gnome-fallback mode.

> Maybe there's a desktop that isn't so deficient?
> 

Or maybe you want to try another desktop environment like Mate or
Cinnamon.
They look quite like Windows and I think your father-in-law can work
with them without any big help from you.
XFCE could also be a choice. Adding shortcuts to the desktop is quite
easy.

- --Erik
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