Did you notice in Gutsy you can’t drag the Home folder to the Desktop anymore?

I added the Home folder using g-conf by going to /apps/nautilus/desktop/ and clicking the “home_icon_visible” checkbox. But using g-conf in my opnion isn’t acceptable for a beginner (although you may want to try things to learn and gain more experience with your computing). :-)

This is where Ubuntu Tweak comes in, the options are present for adding the Home folder, Trash can and Computer icons.

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