Hello Jerome.
each time i boot my user some icons are created on my desktop :
icons for mounting harddisks.
i tried deleting the files but each boot they are recreated.
You can change the settings in the KDE control center. Go to
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Is there something similar for Gnome ?
There is. Open „gconf-editor“ and modify the checkboxes under the following path:
/apps/nautilus/desktop
There should be some *_icon_visible boxes. Uncheck them and maybe after a logout but at
least after a reboot they’re gone.
Regards, Mathias