This is because Solus deliberately keep back an old version of nautilus that supports desktop icons. Debian has move ahead with a version that does not support desktop icons ... hence why there isnt a desktop section.
On Sun, 2 Feb 2020, 12:57 Sylvestre Ledru, <sylves...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: budgie-core > Version: 10.5.1-3 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > looking at https://getsol.us/2019/10/03/budgie-and-its-army-of-gnomes/ > we can see that there is a desktop section in the setting. > Despite having all packages installed [1] > > Thanks, > Sylvestre > > [1] > budgie-applications-menu-applet > budgie-core > budgie-core-dev > budgie-countdown-applet > budgie-desktop > budgie-desktop-doc > budgie-hotcorners-applet > budgie-indicator-applet > budgie-network-manager-applet > budgie-previews > budgie-previews-applet > budgie-quicknote-applet > budgie-recentlyused-applet > budgie-showtime-applet > budgie-trash-applet > budgie-visualspace-applet > budgie-window-mover-applet > budgie-workspace-overview-applet > budgie-workspace-stopwatch-applet > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bullseye/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, > 'buildd-unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (300, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > Versions of packages budgie-core depends on: > ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.34.0-2 > ii gnome-screensaver 3.6.1-11 > ii gnome-session-bin 3.34.2-1 > ii gnome-session-common 3.34.2-1 > ii gnome-settings-daemon 3.34.2-1 > ii libasound2 1.2.1.2-2 > ii libbudgie-plugin0 10.5.1-3 > ii libbudgie-private0 10.5.1-3 > ii libbudgietheme0 10.5.1-3 > ii libc6 2.29-9 > ii libcairo2 1.16.0-4 > ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.40.0+dfsg-2 > ii libgirepository-1.0-1 1.62.0-2 > ii libgles2 1.3.0-7 > ii libglib2.0-0 2.62.4-1+b1 > ii libgnome-bluetooth13 3.34.0-1 > ii libgnome-desktop-3-18 3.34.2-2 > ii libgnome-menu-3-0 3.32.0-1 > ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.13-1 > ii libibus-1.0-5 1.5.21-5 > ii libmutter-5-0 3.34.3-1 > ii libnotify4 0.7.8-1 > ii libpeas-1.0-0 1.22.0-5 > ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-26 > ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-26 > ii libpulse-mainloop-glib0 13.0-4 > ii libpulse0 13.0-4 > ii libraven0 10.5.1-3 > ii libupower-glib3 0.99.11-1 > ii libuuid1 2.34-0.1 > ii libwnck-3-0 3.32.0-1 > ii libx11-6 2:1.6.8-1 > > budgie-core recommends no packages. > > budgie-core suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information >