Re: OT: Desktop icons vanishing. How to get rid of them?



Joerg wrote:

Robert Latest wrote:
Joerg wrote:

Icons are IMHO just decoration anyhow and superfluous. Can one get completely

rid of them?

Yes, by only using the CLI. I have a completely icon-free desktop; whenever
I want to start a program I just pop open a console with a single keystroke
and type in the command and argument (actually, just the first few letters
of them and then TAB, which autocompletes the word.

CLI = Command Line Interface?

Like DOS !


Ok, but I'd like to see on the desktop what's available. Hard to memorize
umpteen programs and files on there.
Why isn't there an option to just display the text under the piccies but no
piccies?

I suspect there may be somewhere.

I don't see the point though. I find the icons quite useful.

Graham

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