> We are somewhat trapped. It's a choice between using the old version of nautilus forever with bugs and incompatibilities, or the new version of nautilus without desktop support. Those are not good choices but they are all we have now. This is not a problem created by, or unique to Ubuntu.
That seems not quite accurate. Of course, using the whole GNOME 3 desktop incl. latest Nautilus is the way to go for Ubuntu. The absence of proper "desktop support" is unfortunate. Also sad: The current state of the official replacement for Nautilus' desktop support, the GNOME Shell extension "Desktop Icons", is pretty premature (still limited keyboard support etc.). BUT! 1. Why does Ubuntu force its users to stick with an outdated version of the GNOME Shell extension "Desktop Icons"? Ubuntu ships the extension via the DEB package `gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons` which *cannot* be removed without also removing the packages `ubuntu-desktop` and `ubuntu-desktop-minimal`. This completely sucks. Because of the pre- installed extension DEB package, one cannot install/update the latest upstream version of the extension from https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1465/desktop-icons/ 2. Why doesn't Canonical assign some of its developer ressources to improving the "Desktop Icons" extension? This would not only benefit The Ubuntu ecosystem but every Linux distro shipping the GNOME 3 desktop. The sources are found here: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons --- For the time being, Ubuntu users can use the following workaround to get the latest version of the "Desktop Icons" extension which already brings limited drag-and-drop support and keyboard support: Ensure you have 7-Zip, Git and Meson installed (e.g. via the Debian packages `p7zip`, `git` and `meson`), then run the following in a terminal to update the extension: cd /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions # backup the DEB-packaged extension if not already done before and delete it if [ ! -s desktop-icons_bckp.7z ] ; then sudo 7z a desktop-icons_bckp.7z desktop-icons@csoriano/* ; fi rm -R desktop-icons@csoriano # build and copy the extension from git master branch git clone g...@gitlab.gnome.org:World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons.git ~/desktop-icons cd ~/desktop-icons ./export-zip.sh unzip desktop-ic...@csoriano.zip -d desktop-icons@csoriano sudo mv desktop-icons@csoriano /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ # clean up rm -R ~/desktop-icons -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1813441 Title: Can no longer drag and drop files between desktop and applications Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons: New Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: In releases before 19.04, you could drag and drop files from the desktop into applications. This no longer works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons 19.01-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu19 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Jan 26 21:47:14 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-02 (24 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-01-21 (5 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1813441/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
