[vacri]

I used to be of the mindset to keep a clean desktop, then I came to my senses and used it as a working space. It's easy to get to from anywhere in the OS as it generally has it's own shortcut'd location. Temporary working files just get stored there. Permanent files might have a shortcut to them stored there instead, leaving the real file in a more suitable location. The 'ugliness' associated with such a desktop is meaningless once I realised most of the time the desktop is covered.

The most infuriating thing about Gnome 3 is that it decides for you that the desktop is an unholy place to keep anything, because you're too stupid to figure out how to do things efficiently.