[Trisquel-users] Re : No Desktop or Home Folder Access

[lcerf]

The Desktop is a subfolder of the home folder. That is normal. With an  
English localized system, that subfolder is "~/Desktop". Now if you moved it  
(or renamed it), GNOME cannot find it anymore and that may be the explanation  
for the gray background.

And, again, just fire that command to get a graphical file browser:
$ nautilus