I turn off the desktop because ion3, which doesn't support EWMH, insists on managing the window. ion3 is a tiled window manager so (if you're using tiled desktops) there is no desktop for nautilus to draw.
I turn off the desktop because ion3, which doesn't support EWMH, insists on managing the window. ion3 is a tiled window manager so (if you're using tiled desktops) there is no desktop for nautilus to draw.