Usually, there is. Can you give us more information on your situation? What exactly irks you about your window environment? Can you give us an example? If you

Usually, there is. Can you give us more information on your situation? What exactly irks you about your window environment? Can you give us an example? If you are running Linux, try switching to a Tiling Window Manager such as Ion or XMonad. Tiling Window Managers maximizes the use of screen real-estate. Imagine partitioning your screen into adjustable frames and each application you run resizing itself to fit each frame. That essentially is what a TWM is. That way, you don't overlap windows for different applications and you can keep your icons handy. Does that help? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager If you want to see your icons, try putting them on your taskbar. I don't know what you mean by 'gadgets', though.