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fertux

Member

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 4

arrange icons in desktop

hi alls, i am beginner in Slitaz

i'd like to know how i have to do to display icons in the desktop like i want.

In other operative systems i can put the shortcut or icon in the place i want, here id doesnt.t allow me.

Thanks

mojo

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: arrange icons in desktop

Right Click the Desktop brings up Desktop Menu

Desktop Files & Icons > Add new icon

or

Applications Menu/Preferences/Desktop icons

Trixar_za

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 1,506

Re: arrange icons in desktop

pcmanfm (which manages the desktop and file manager) arranges icons based on age rather than allowing you move them around. Other desktop managers allow you to move them around, but will require you to set them up instead. A possible option would be to try using Icewm instead of Openbox and Pcmanfm.

And before you say it, you're expecting 35Mb micro-linux to do what you get in Multi-Gigbyte Operating Systems. To put it in perspective, the original Windows 95 used ~180Mb installed compared to SliTaz 4's ~160Mb installed. Some functionality got lost in the crunch to save space, but atleast you can still change the wallpaper - unlike Windows 7 Starter.

fertux

Member

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 4

Re: arrange icons in desktop

ok thanks, i understand.

Trixar_za

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 1,506

Re: arrange icons in desktop

Interesting fact is that the latest pcmanfm's desktop does allow you to move around the icons like you please, but it has a few other bugs that keeps us from using it.