I am trying to set the default desktop icon size to a really small value, because the small option in org-&gt;gnome-&gt;nautilus-&gt;icon-view (dconf editor) is still too large for my taste.  Is is possible to set that value to an even smaller one somehow? Maybe there's a way to set the smallest icon size in pixels somewhere? I'm new to Ubuntu and I haven't found anything useful on the internet.  Thanks.
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In the newest Nautilus 3.18 the smallest folder/icon size is really too big. Is there some way to hack (or something) this program and set a smaller one?
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Please could you tell me where can I find the File Manager Preferences in Ubuntu ... (now for 16:04 LTS).  The menu bar has disappeared from Nautilus, as also have the resize handles and the top-bar right-click menu (except for 'Close').  The window gets a little smaller every time I open it, it's gradually disappearing and I can't presently correct it.  I'm using Gnome not Unity, so the fixes for unity don't work.  I would have preferred to add these observations as comments, but I still have too few reputations to do that, so have to ask a new copy of the same question instead.
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I'm using Ubuntu 20.04. Recently I've deleted some default icons from /usr/share/icons folder. I don't know if it's related, but, since then, my Ubuntu Software gets into a transparent background. There's a way to revert this?  Here is a screenshot:  Ubuntu Software
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I'm on ub20LTS and I really dislike how much top space the topmost bars use. Any idea on how to remove or reduce their numbers?  Edit: Thanks to everybody's support, this is how my workspace looks like now. I've :  Installed gnome-extensions for firefox. Turned off menu bar in ff. Installed dash to dock. Installed hide top bar.  This way you can better utilize your screen space.
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When moving/saving/etc a new file on the desktop, the icon appears second (just after "Computer"). I find it annoying, since I want my "special" icons to be first (such as the recycle bin, "Network", etc.).  Can this behavior be changed?
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Even though I have the default icons set to display in Settings, they do not display. See the image below. Ideas????
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I'm trying to change the icon of a specific application (Pidgin) in my Ubuntu 11.10 Unity launcher. I have tried searching in the options and in the Compiz settings but could locate no option for changing individual icons.  I can change the theme but that's not what I want.   I am willing to edit configuration files to get this change. It doesn't have to be a UI solution.
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So I've got the AskUbuntu chatroom (I'm just using this as an example, I've got other webapps that I've got the same issue with) saved as a "Application Shortcut" in Chromium, and the icon is really (And I mean really) low resolution. Example:    The top one is the default icon that's used for the Application Shortcut, the bottom is the AskUbuntu lens - so my question is, how can I use the icon that's used for the AskUbuntu lens.
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Recently I installed gnome-desktop in my Unity Ubuntu 16.04.Now I want to set my Unity desktop environment as default.   I installed Gnome by using these commands :  sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop   then chose gdm3 as default.  Now, I have searched on internet how to do so, one of them say this :  sudo /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults -s ubuntu   But it throws error saying :     sudo: /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-set-defaults: command not found   I'm using ubuntu 16.04.
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In Ubuntu 20.04, on the desktop, there is a number of actions I wish I could do, such as, by order of importance :  use keyboard shortcuts such as select all, copy / paste. use drag &amp; drop with icons deactivate the &quot;mouse over&quot; highlight, and restrict the clicking area to only the icon, not the surrounding square  To put it simply, I'd like to have the exact same features as offered by the desktop of Ubuntu 18.04 (probably related to a specific version of GNOME, and not Ubuntu itself). Am I missing something obvious here? I actually see no reason why those actions are removed or deactivated on the desktop, since they all work in any Nautilus window.
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I am talking about when you click on the icons in the dock This command gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-minimize-window true  which works for Unity Launcher, (obviously) does not work.  Related to:
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Is there a way to set a specific TTF font to be used on the console? (I believe you might have to convert it to a bitmap font?)  If it needs to be converted, what tools can I use to do the conversion? Otherwise, how do I pick Ubuntu Monospace for my console font?  (I already have the Ubuntu Monospace font installed from the beta PPA for it.)  Edit: I already set gnome-terminal to use Ubuntu Mono. Now I'm wanting to set the all-text screens I get when I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to use the same font.
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It's surely my fault, but I am not able to resize the folder view widgets I've put on the desktop.  In the previous release (14.04, KDE 4) the folder view widgets all had auto-appearing hanldes for setup, rotation and resize, among other features.  Now I have no clue how to do it. Any idea?
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I'm using Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.1 and want to resize the icons in the dash. Therefore I wanted to edit the file /usr/share/gnome-shell/themes/gnome-shell.css  This file does not exist, but rather the file "gnome-shell.css.save", which I can't open. Any ideas?  And is this even the right file to change the icon size? I am not talking about the desktop icons, but the icons the the dash.  I know there have been lots of similar questions, but I googled all night and couldnt find the right answer.  Thanks a lot.
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I'm running 13.10 with Unity, and I have a "problem":  I'm using Nemo, because I prefer it over Nautilus (for obvious reasons imo), and it works really great.  The drawback of Nemo is, that it is kind of ugly; so I want to change the Icons of the folders. That's not a problem at all, using unity-tweak-tool, to change for example to one of the icon-themes which are delivered by .   The thing is, although this works great, and the Icons change, the problem is, that all of the Icons change, including my applications in the tray, and application icons in the dash. Can I modify the theme in such a way, that only the Icons for the folders change, and nothing else?  So e.g. delete everything in the ~/.icon/&lt;theme-name&gt;/ folder except places and "inherit" everything else from the default ubuntu-mono-dark theme?
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I've googled quite a bit but nothing I've found works. I just want to display the Trash, Home folder, Computer etc icons on my Desktop in Ubuntu.  The closest I've come is installing dconf-tools, running it, going to org -&gt; gnome -&gt; desktop -&gt; background and checking show-desktop-icons then org -&gt; gnome -&gt; nautilus -&gt; desktop and checking the icons I want to show.  Nothing happens.  I've also tried looking in compizconfig-settings-manager and gconf-editor but can't find anything there.  Ideas?
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I am trying to find and then change the screen DPI (dots per inch) setting in 12.04 and 12.10. However, I can't seem to find any app or config file that can do this. Is there any app or conf file for this?  Note that this is for 12.04+ so the following will not work:        Moreover, they are basically changing the font size, not the actual screen DPI.