Foresight re-install problems on Mac resolved

First, I downloaded the Foresight 2.0.4 DVD and installed that. Then I installed all the updates (I think it was about 39 rather than the 236 the night before).
Now, after the install as outlined here, Yakuake worked perfectly.
However, I still had the same problems with the Home folder icon missing from the Desktop. It seems from the forums that this is a deliberate policy for some unexplained reason.
However, no Gconf Editor was available to try and get it back.
I posted to the forums and found that gconf-editor can be installed from the repos. So, I did this, and everything is fine.