Greetings from Brazil! Here's a little tutorial I've created to make a shortcut on the desktop to launch the XAMPP control panel. To create a launcher on the Desktop: You'll need gksu so if you don't have it yet, run in terminal: sudo apt-get install gksu Now let's create the shortcut: Run gedit (or any other text editor) and then enter the info below: #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Icon[en_US]=/opt/lampp/htdocs/favicon.ico Name[en_US]=XAMPP Exec=gksu /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run Comment[en_US]=Start XAMPP Control Panel Name=XAMPP Comment=Start XAMPP Control Panel Icon=/opt/lampp/htdocs/favicon.ico Save the file as Xampp.desktop Once the shortcut is on the Desktop --> right-click on it --> Properties --> Permissions tab --> check 'Allow executing file as program' That's it, guys. Have fun! JC
