How to create an icon to launch a new Terminal on the Desktop of an Oracle Linux 7 installation

Oracle Linux 7 uses  a new Gnome version. Since then it is no longer possible to "drag & drop" an icon from the menus to the desktop.

To create a new icon on your desktop to launch a Terminal session, do the following:

1. Go to the "Desktop" folder of your login account
2. Create a new file with the extension "desktop" e.g. gnome-terminal.desktop 
3. Put the following content into that file:
   
   #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
   
   [Desktop Entry]
   Name=Terminal
   Name[de]=Terminal
   Comment=Use the command line
   Comment[de]=Befehlszeile verwenden
   Keywords=shell;prompt;command;commandline;
   Keywords[de]=Shell;Prompt;Befehl;Befehlszeile;
   TryExec=gnome-terminal
   Exec=gnome-terminal
   Icon=/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/apps/utilities-terminal.png
   Type=Application
   X-GNOME-DocPath=gnome-terminal/index.html
   X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
   X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-terminal
   X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=BugBuddyBugs
   X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.8.4
   Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;System;TerminalEmulator;
   StartupNotify=true
4. Make the file "executable":
   chmod +x gnome-terminal.desktop
5. Done :-)