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This is embarassing, I figured it out literally right after I posted this... I had to right click the program from the start menu rather than dragging/dropping

Hi folks, I have Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon, which I am enjoying very much. I have not had it long, so I am still learning. My question is, is there a way to put icons on the desktop for any program? For example, the default icons were a Computer and home icon, but say I wanted a Firefox or Pidgin icon ...

Hi folks, So I want to get into Linux, and I've settled on Mint as my first distribution. I'm planning on purchasing a laptop and then just installing Mint over the default OS that comes on it (Win 8 I guess). I don't want to blow a bunch of money and then find out it has driver problems or somethin...