Ubuntu 9.04 - Show Home, Computer, Network and Trash Icons on the Desktop

This guide will show you how show / hide the Home, Computer, Network and Trash icons on the desktop of the Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) operating system.

I'll be using the following during this guide:

User - tomb
Home Directory - /home/tomb
Machine name - tomb-acer
Ubuntu Version - 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
Desktop Environment - Gnome 2.26.1

Please adjust according to your needs / credentials.

The default desktop has no icons, except when a USB drive / CD-ROM etc is present.

This does give the desktop a nice clean feel, but many people (myself included) like to have shortcuts to various folders.
You can create your own links, but there are some pre-set shortcuts set-up already, and you just need to enable them.
Right click on the Ubuntu Menu:

Select 'Edit Menus'

Click on 'System Tools' in the lefthand navigation window, then select 'Configuration Editor' on the righthand side.

Click close. Now navigate to the following:

Applications - System Tools - Configuration Editor

Now navigate to the following:

Apps - nautilus - desktop

In the right hand window, click the icons you wish to be displayed on your desktop

Close the Configuration Editor.

You should now have more icons on your desktop