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Many people using GNOME (either in Ubuntu or elsewhere) feel that they are missing icons to their beloved 'Computer', home folder, network servers and trash can on their desktop, but did you now they are actually included into GNOME and that you just have to enable them?



Sometimes this could save you a whole click, so how do we enable this basic feature? We will use gconf-editor, which is available from the repositories or already installed by default and then all we have to do is this:

1. Open a terminal

2. Enter gconf-editor

3. Go to /apps/nautilus/desktop and check the boxes:



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4. Quit gconf-editor. The icons should turn up within a couple of seconds.

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