> I have a Desktop scattered with (currently) 132 icons. I don't have anything on my desktop because I use Emacs. Terminals predate the desktop and they behave

> I have a Desktop scattered with (currently) 132 icons. I don't have anything on my desktop because I use Emacs. Terminals predate the desktop and they behave more like fractals than the happy little two-dimensional workspaces we created for our office workers. If the author is unhappy with the desktop then a good place to start with reinventing it would be to read the vision written by Vannevar Bush that inspired it.