On Sep 27, 2021, at 14:10, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am the only user of my computers. I expect programs I install to appear on my desktop. On multi-user desktops, I'd expect them to appear on the desktops of whoever installed them. Other users can right-click on their desktop, select Create Launcher and select the programs they want. I don't expect users to know how to create a launcher in a text editor. Get used to disappointment. That’s not where any DE I’m familiar with will put icons. It sounds like a tablet/phone interface, but those don’t have a traditional “desktop”. There are some serious flaws with that setup. What happens if a user’s home is full/out of space? What if it is a network drive? What if you have 10,000 users? What if each of them have network drives? What if they have encrypted drives that aren’t accessible to root? What if they don’t have a Desktop directory and their home directory has the maximum directory size? I could keep going. In general you never want packages to touch a user’s home. It should be up to the program to set up any user configuration, and if that includes adding a launcher *after the user has launched it* then so be it. There already exists a mechanism for all DEs to get a list of applications available to the user, through the directory of .desktop files. It’s up to the DE to define how to show it. -- Jonathan Billings _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
