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--- computing:linux:launcher [2015/05/04 11:00]
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+++ computing:linux:launcher [2015/05/04 12:24] (current)
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-====== Linux Memory ======
+====== Create A Desktop Launcher Icon ======
-===== Clear Buffers & Cache =====
+===== Create .desktop File =====
+:!: Example done on Ubuntu 15.04 with Unity Desktop.
+Open Gedit or your favorite text editor and create a file on the desktop yourchosenname.desktop
+This example of the text is for an RDP Remmina connection.
+The ''Exec'' line is pointing at a ''Remmina'' connection configured and saved in the ''Remmina'' application.
 <file>
-sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.1
+Name=remmina
+Comment=remote desktop
+Exec=remmina -c /home/user/.remmina/1430501694252.remmina
+Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/remmina.png
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=remote desktop;
 </file>
-If you use sudo:
+:!: After creation ''right click'' the icon and select ''Properties''. On the ''Permissions'' tab tick the box to make it executable ''Allow executing file as a program''.
+You can edit that Remmina file to point at different servers etc.
 <file>
-su -c "sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
+vi /home/user/.remmina/1430501694252.remmina
 </file>
-This one-liner also shows before and after stats:
+This is an example of the text in that file.
 <file>
-echo Before: && free -m && echo After: && sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && free -m
+[remmina]
+disableclipboard=0
+ssh_auth=0
+clientname=
+quality=9
+ssh_charset=
+ssh_privatekey=
+sharesmartcard=0
+resolution=
+group=
+password=
+name=CPTSSERVER
+ssh_loopback=0
+shareprinter=0
+ssh_username=
+ssh_server=
+security=
+protocol=RDP
+execpath=
+sound=local,44100,2
+exec=
+ssh_enabled=0
+username=
+sharefolder=
+console=0
+domain=jw
+server=192.168.1.2
+colordepth=16
+viewmode=4
+window_maximize=1
+window_height=1153
+window_width=1920
 </file>

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