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cluttered sidebar

Asked by Joel Stein

My sidebar is so cluttered I can barely see what they are.(I've had to make them so small. Is there a way to add them to my desktop as I've seen on other ubuntu machines? I'm running 14/04.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Sure. You can copy (or symlink) the files in /usr/share/applications to the desktop.

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Joel Stein (ticktockman) said : 		#2

I'm sorry but I don't understand. Do I need to enter that in the terminal?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Enter what? There is no command in my reply. Think about it. ..how can ONE command read your mind and put the icon you want on the desktop. ...???

If you run:

nautilus /usr/share/applications

You can copy those files to the desktop as you wish and double clicking the file will launch the application.

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Joel Stein (ticktockman) said : 		#4

Got it. Thanks.