[noisem4ker]

> Why can't I just drag a shortcut to the desktop.

You can...? I tried dragging from Dolphin, Kickoff and the Task Manager onto my desktop, and in all three cases it worked.

Granted, there's a moment of confusion having to choose between copying or linking, as offered by the context menu that pops up, but...

[LargoLasskhyfv]

That option existed in Windows, too. Only you needed to press CTRL, shift, or whatever to make it appear, instead of whatever was the default, which I've forgotten, meanwhile.