Icon-free desktops?

I absolutely hate having any icons on my desktop. Is there a way to get rid of that damned nigh irremovable Recycle Bin icon or move it to, oh say, the Start Menu or Task Bar?

Feel free to flame me if I've missed some obvious way of doing so.

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>Seems Open has become another buzzword for the marketing types *again*

Fixed. OpenVMS's name originates from the "open" fad of the  early ninties when you had OpenStep, OpenWindows and the formation of the Open Group.

It went from VMS to OpenVMS in 91 ("Open Source" wasn't coined until 97 or 98).