Continuing with my Ubuntu optimisation theme lately, I wanted to create a shortcut to a few of my favourite sites on the desktop (like I am used to in Windows).
After a bit of searching across this post on AskUbutu by Radu Rădeanu.
So, to create a desktop link to the website of your choice, simply:
- Create an empty file on the desktop, give it a name and a .desktop extension (such as Biotechbotany.desktop)
- Edit the file with a text editor of your choice and add the code below:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=BiotechBotany <- This will be the name of the shortcut.
Type=Link
URL=https://www.biotechbotany.com/ <- Edit the URL to the address you want the shortcut to link to.
Icon=text-html <- Several options here, but this is the basic "html" shortcut image
- Save and exit the text editor. The file will be replaced by the shortcut instantly!
Now you will be able to clutter your desktop with links to all your most often visited sites and (hopefully) speed things up at work.
