XIcons is a simple program which will display icons upon your desktop. The icons will launch programs when they are double clicked upon, and can be dragged around freely.

The icons are displayed via ImLib so they are transparent and don't interfere with your desktop.

The code was based upon a project I found on freshmeat called idesk - which was originally started because that software had a few major bugs, but it was a good tool.

I'm no longer maintaining this software, or even using it. It's been left here in case there is any interest.

• idesk is still under development and supports PNGs now.
• idesk is included in Debian.
• The software is distributed under the BSD license.

Download from the following URL:

• xicons-0.3.tar.gz [44k]