Is it possibole to make on the desktop shortcuts to some websites. Using Google Chrome.
The websites where I want to link are: Facebook, my webmail and some others.
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The old GUI dialog is still available if you still want to use this:
Using Alt+F2 , type
gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop
This will launch the old GUI dialog and you can create a shortcut on your desktop.
As a prerequisite, gnome-desktop-item-edit is installed automatically if you have installed gnome-shell or gnome-shell-fallback. It is also installed automatically if you have previously installed gnome-tweak-tool.
Alternatively, you can install the panel (which installs this module) without too much of the other bulk:
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel
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That looks hard, is there a easier way? – Korkel May 26 '14 at 16:58
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2Not that I know of. Have you tried selecting the link in Chrome, then dragging it to the desktop? – Drew Stewart May 26 '14 at 16:59
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Create a new file in your desktop and paste the following commands. Save it as askubuntu.sh
#!/bin/bash
url="http://www.askubuntu.com"
google-chrome $url
Give it executable rights by running this command:
chmod +x ~/Desktop/askubuntu.sh
Now, just a simple double click on the file will open up Google Chrome with the URL specified in the url variable.
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Or just drag the URL to the desktop. Works for me un Ubuntu 14.04 with Unity. – Reinier Post Sep 04 '16 at 20:23