Maybe that's why you don't understand the bug. Until ubuntu 11.10 there was a lot for nautilus -n to do, i.e. handle the desktop background, place the icons, make the icons thumbnails of the contents. The bug is that this functionality is gone since 12.04. But obviously if you don't know about this function, you don't see the problem.
% gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1008068 Title: Gnome program not running under XFCE since 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1008068/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
