

You must also change a setting in the new "Extensions" program which we just installed (or "activated", maybe?-I'm not sure) above with sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool. (I can't remember if this is required for Ubuntu 18.04 too or not, but I had to do it on Ubuntu 20.04)

If on Ubuntu 20.04, you must also do this: Nemo-desktop& # We use `&` here to run it in the background # Start up the nemo desktop to allow nemo to control the desktop icons too # And install this on Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04 # Then also install these tools so we can adjust some settings next Xdg-mime default sktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search We will install nemo, make it the default, let it control desktop icons too, and disable Nautilus's (the default Ubuntu file manager's) ability to control desktop icons.

To use Nemo instead of Nautilus as your default file manager, including to manage desktop icons, do: For Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 (for Ubuntu 22.04, see here) The main source where I first learned most of these details, starting with Ubuntu 18.04, was this article by Abhishek Prakash:
