On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 11:00:10PM +0000, Ten wrote:
imo If you didn't have an actual, separate directory called "Desktop" (or whatever) and instead used the home directory, you would be doomed to use some other, functionally similar grouping of files to decide what was shown on the root window, even if that was just file flags, extensions or preceding dots.
That is, if you didn't want to be "forced" into having every file in the home directory on display at all times, or of having an empty screen instead of a root window.
Most of the 'things' I have on my screen *aren't* files. Even on my Win2k system there's not a single file to be seen on the 'top' screen and the 'folders' that are there are mostly named for their function rather than the files (if any) that reside within them.