Hooray! I installed gnome-shell from the Software Center. I forgot this is why I waited for 12.04 to upgrade in the first place. I'm back in Gnome!!!!! Major sigh of relief. Tom -- "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Tom Haws wrote: > That icon in the Dashboard opened the Desktop folder, but didn't Show > Desktop, and I couldn't drag it to the Launcher. I'm back at Google vainly > searching for a solution as in the past. > > -- > "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you > will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller > > > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Ted Gould wrote: > >> ** >> On Tue, 2012-12-18 at 14:16 -0700, Tom Haws wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Ted Gould wrote: >> >> 2. I cannot find any way to Show the Desktop. I have never been able >> to do this in Unity (or in Gnome on Linux Mint). >> >> >> >> It's on the Alt+Tab switcher, first item. >> >> >> >> I am not seeing it. >> >> >> Here's a screenshot on my launcher. >> Unfortunately I have a mostly black background right now, so it's harder to >> see. >> >> Ted >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >