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Linux Mint Essentials

You're reading from   Linux Mint Essentials A practical guide to Linux Mint for the novice to the professional

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782168157
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Meet Linux Mint FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Boot Media and Installing Linux Mint 3. Getting Acquainted with Cinnamon 4. An Introduction to the Terminal 5. Utilizing Storage and Media 6. Installing and Removing Software 7. Enjoying Multimedia on Mint 8. Managing Users and Permissions 9. Connecting to Networks 10. Securing Linux Mint 11. Advanced Administration Techniques 12. Troubleshooting Linux Mint A. Reinstalling Mint while Retaining Data B. Using the MATE Edition of Linux Mint C. Using the KDE Edition of Linux Mint Index

Creating launchers


Some users may desire to have their favorite applications available on the desktop in the form of shortcut icons. The Cinnamon interface features two ways of creating launchers. These allow you to create icons to launch applications or commands.

The easiest way to create a launcher is to find the application in the application menu and right-click on it. One of the options that appears in this menu is Add to desktop, which will create the icon for you. Then, you can drag the icons to arrange them as you like.

Additionally, you can also create a launcher manually. This is useful if you cannot find the application in the menu or you'd like to create a custom icon different from the one available in the menu; to do so, right-click on an empty portion of the desktop and click on Create Launcher. A window will appear with some fields for you to fill out in order to create a launcher. However, since you'll need to know the command used to launch the application, this may be a...

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