For Windows user's there is a tweak to make your desktop icons in a list view as you can see here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/?post_type=post&p=959
Icons normally on Desktop:
Icons in a listview:
I've managed to have icons in a listview on Macbook as well, which has this option as in-built functionality.
How can I achieve the same functionality on Ubuntu(Unity)?
Alright, answer is finally here. You have to change line or two in nautilus source and than recompile the source...
Text besides icons on Ubuntu Desktop
Text besides icons on Ubuntu Desktop
1-$ mkdir /home/nautilus-source & cd /home/nautilus-source
2-$ apt-get source nautilus #in my case it downloaded source for nautilus-3.4.2
3-$ sudo apt-get install fakeroot build-essential dpkg-dev
4-$ sudo apt-get build-dep nautilus
5-$ cd /home/nautilus-source/nautilus-3.4.2/
6-$ vim src/nautilus-desktop-icon-view.c
7-$ /NAUTILUS_TYPE_DESKTOP_ICON_VIEW
Change from:
g_object_new (NAUTILUS_TYPE_DESKTOP_ICON_VIEW, "window-slot", slot, "supports-zooming", FALSE, "supports-auto-layout", FALSE, "supports-scaling", TRUE,"supports-keep-aligned", TRUE, "supports-labels-beside-icons", FALSE, NULL);
to:
g_object_new (NAUTILUS_TYPE_DESKTOP_ICON_VIEW, "window-slot", slot, "supports-zooming", TRUE, "supports-auto-layout", FALSE, "supports-scaling", TRUE,"supports-keep-aligned", TRUE, "supports-labels-beside-icons", TRUE, NULL);
Line numbers in in src/nautilus-desktop-icon-view.c > 785-792
8-$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -nc -b
9-$ sudo dpkg -i ../nautilus_3.4.2-0ubuntu4_i386.deb
10-$ killall nautilus
11- Open your home folder from launcher -
12- Edit > Preferences > Views > Check Text Besides Icons
ps. also now Ctrl+Scroll - will zoom in zoom out desktop icons
ps2. you can also change location of launcher # edit src/nautilus-places-sidebar.c
