I right-clicked on the Firefox icon already provided and clicked on Properties, which gave me details of Program Launcher as configured to launch Firefox. I had seen Program Launcher before, by right-clicking on the panel and going to Add New Item. There it is at the top of the list - Launcher. I filled in the fields for name and description, and then took an educated guess as to the command - if 'firefox' runs Firefox then might 'pidgin' run Pidgin? I also navigated to the same directory as the Firefox icon is found in, and found an icon for Pidgin. I also ticked the box Use startup notification - I don't know what it does, but it's ticked for the Firefox icon. Everything done, I clicked on Close, and then gave my new icon a try. It works!
Something else I have wanted to do is make Xubuntu automatically log me in. When I turn on this computer it boots to a login screen, at which I have to enter my username and password. Given that I am the only person likely to use this computer, it's a bit of a chore. Luckily for me, there is a setting for auto login.
Navigate to Applications >> Settings >> Login Window, and you'll see a window rather like that in the screenshot the below. Put a tick next to Enable Automatic Login, select the user you want to be logged in automatically (in my case it was a simple choice of one), and click close.
I hope this will make the computer boot a little faster as it no longer needs to load the login screen. In testing earlier today, I found that it took 1 minute 56 seconds to boot to the login screen and then, once I had logged in, a further 39 seconds to finish booting to the desktop. Once I've posted this entry I'll shut down and time it again now that auto login is set.
Edit: the system now boots to the desktop in 2 mins 28 seconds. That's 7 seconds saved, a 4.4% reduction in the initial boot time. Not quite what I had hoped, but welcome all the same.
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