Remove or hide file managers and their settings from dom0

[andrewdavidwong]

Thunar should be removed from dom0, because the user should never run it there, and right now it is very, very easy to accidentally do so. Ref: #1781 (comment)

[marmarek]

xfdesktop (the thing responsible for desktop icons) depends on it...

[marmarek]

But we can try to hide it from wherever possible.

[andrewdavidwong]

Ah, I don't use any desktop icons, so that would explain why I didn't notice...

[marmarek]

Me too, but according to screenshots on our website, some people do.

[jpouellet]

Right now users taking screenshots (via e.g. Print Screen key) end up with images in their dom0 filesystem, and this is one way to manage them.

IMO we should resolve #953 (and any others that result in user files in dom0) before deciding to completely remove the graphical file manager.

[andrewdavidwong]

Right now users taking screenshots (via e.g. Print Screen key) end up with images in their dom0 filesystem, and this is one way to manage them.

It is indeed one way to manage them, but using any kind of graphical file manager in dom0 is something that @marmarek has recommended against for many years now.

IMO we should resolve #953 (and any others that result in user files in dom0) before deciding to completely remove the graphical file manager.

Sounds reasonable to me.

[andrewdavidwong]

Just a heads up: Removing xfdesktop completely removes the Desktop settings options in Xfce4. So, it removes not only the ability to have desktop icons, but also the ability to control the desktop's wallpaper or color (if no wallpaper is used).