Windoze users when switching to Debian/Ubuntu or any other flavours of GNU/Linux seem to have a hangover of some futile actions, that one would get used to while being desperate on the Windoze environments :D
And if you seriously are missing the "refresh desktop" options on the GNU/Linux environments, just to demonstrate the power of Free and Open Source Software, and the freedom they provide the users with, here's a small tweak which gives the "Refresh Desktop" option.
By the way, F5 on Debian/Ubuntu still perform the Refresh blink. This tweak is to add the Right Click -> Refresh Desktop option.
1.Open terminal (ctrl+alt+t)
2. Install the the nautilus (default file browser) menu configuration tool and the lineakd is the daemon that runs in the background of an X session and listens to incoming events from multimedia buttons
sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions lineakd
3. Create a directory to dump this and anymore future tweaks you might be performing to nautilus
mkdir nautilus-scripts
4. Enter the new directory,
cd nautilus-scripts
5. Create the script file,
gedit refresh-desktop
6. Copy these contents in the file (this will perform toggling of F5, and hence the refresh !)
#!/bin/bash
xsendkeycode 71 1
xsendkeycode 71 0
Save and close.
7. Make the script executable using chmod.
sudo chmod u+x refresh-desktop
8. Now, the script is ready, we need to link it to the action. And to add the right-click -> Refresh Desktop short cut, go to System -> Preferences -> Nautilus Actions configuration,
9. Create a new action
10. Change the context label to "Refresh Desktop", or "Mimic Windoze", or anything that pleases you :P
11. Check all the "Display Item options"
12. In the command tab, click on the browse option of Path, and link the refresh-desktop file in the directory "nautilus-scripts" created in step 5
13. In the conditions tab, select "Both"
14. Record all changes, or Save
15. Logout and login
16. And there you go! No more missing a futile action :P
And if you seriously are missing the "refresh desktop" options on the GNU/Linux environments, just to demonstrate the power of Free and Open Source Software, and the freedom they provide the users with, here's a small tweak which gives the "Refresh Desktop" option.
By the way, F5 on Debian/Ubuntu still perform the Refresh blink. This tweak is to add the Right Click -> Refresh Desktop option.
1.Open terminal (ctrl+alt+t)
2. Install the the nautilus (default file browser) menu configuration tool and the lineakd is the daemon that runs in the background of an X session and listens to incoming events from multimedia buttons
sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions lineakd
3. Create a directory to dump this and anymore future tweaks you might be performing to nautilus
mkdir nautilus-scripts
4. Enter the new directory,
cd nautilus-scripts
5. Create the script file,
gedit refresh-desktop
6. Copy these contents in the file (this will perform toggling of F5, and hence the refresh !)
#!/bin/bash
xsendkeycode 71 1
xsendkeycode 71 0
Save and close.
7. Make the script executable using chmod.
sudo chmod u+x refresh-desktop
8. Now, the script is ready, we need to link it to the action. And to add the right-click -> Refresh Desktop short cut, go to System -> Preferences -> Nautilus Actions configuration,
9. Create a new action
10. Change the context label to "Refresh Desktop", or "Mimic Windoze", or anything that pleases you :P
11. Check all the "Display Item options"
12. In the command tab, click on the browse option of Path, and link the refresh-desktop file in the directory "nautilus-scripts" created in step 5
13. In the conditions tab, select "Both"
14. Record all changes, or Save
15. Logout and login
16. And there you go! No more missing a futile action :P
Thanks. That was helpful..
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