"Article is misleading -- Gnome Devs are planning on replacing the Desktop Icons binary with a Shell Extension. There is already a alpha on Gnome's Gitlab of the new [Desktop Icons] that when complete will be superior to the previous implementation and function on multiple monitors and not be a complete hacked together neglected implementation like the previous binary. Not to mention that the only reason that Desktop Icons existed before was due to a X bug that allowed windows to pin to bottom.
This new implementation will also work on Wayland unlike the old implementation."