On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:57:50 -0700, John Doe wrote:
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Since you seem to be using Gnome and not KDE, you can google for "gnome hide dekstop icons", and the first answer will tell you how to hide those system icons (gconf-editor). But first reinstall nautilus.
JD
With the help of:
ps -ef | grep -i gnome ps -ef | grep -i kde
I determined that I am in fact running gnome. I am therefore reinstalling the system, selecting kde (as I did before) and deselecting (I hope) all gnome things. Thanks for your help.
Mike.