But this is a serious problem, and this bug report has status "Won't
Fix"
I think it's common practice to put application shortcuts on the desktop.
It used to work fine in previous Ubuntu releases.
I have a bunch of applications that I use frequently.
It's very convenient to have their shortcuts
** Summary changed:
- create shell script file on Desktop, chmod it so that it is executable, icon
remains text file instead of shell script and won't launch on double-click
+ Executables on desktop won't launch on double-click
** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu)