To add these icons on Your desktop is simple. Here's how to do it.

Open up the Run dialog box by pressing ALT and F2 keys, then type gconf-editor and click on the Run button (or hit Enter). If prompted, enter your password to proceed.

The Configuration Editor will open up. Navigate to Apps > Nautilus > Desktop from the left menu.

Then on the right hand side place a check against the icons you want to see displayed on the desktop. You can display the Computer, Home, Trash and Network icons from in here.

For example, I have check:

• trash_icon_visible
• computer_icon_visible
• home_icon_visible
• network_icon_visible

If for example, you want to change the name from “Computer” to “My Computer”, all you have to do is double-click on computer_icon_name, choose String as the type and then key in the name you want to give to it.

Now take a look at your desktop and you should see the icons that were selected.

That's it.