Linux nemo adding icons to desktop using dconf-editor

By default on some Linux Mint / Cinnamon setups, the desktop is completely empty — no trash icon, no drives, nothing. dconf-editor is the tool to turn those back on. It’s the GUI version of editing GSettings directly, which controls a lot of the desktop behaviour that isn’t exposed in the regular settings panels.

• First install dconf-editor

$ sudo apt install dconf-editor

• Now run dconf-editor

Find it in menu or run from console using

$ dconf-editor

• Goto location :

org > nemo > desktop

select the “trash-icon-visible” to add trash icon to desktop select the “computer-icon-visible” to add computer icon to desktop select the “home-icon-visible” to add home icon to desktop select the “volumes-visible” to add mounted volumes (other partitions or mounted usb drives) to desktop