Comparitive Desktop Environments

[Aaron Konstam]

On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 09:44 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 14:08 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > On 09/26/2011 01:48 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> > > On 09/26/2011 01:35 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> > >>              If I understand, right click on desk top or terminal to
> > >>              change color, image, etc.
> > >>
> > >>              Bob
> > > 
> > > The problem is there's no way to browse for an image, you're stuck with 
> > > the stock ones unless you know where they're stored and add another one. 
> > >   Personally, I use wallpapoz and let them shift at random.
> > 
> > Not true.  In XFCE, right click on the desktop, go to Desktop Settings
> > and the background tab.  Click on the big "+" sign below the list of
> > images and you get a filesystem browser to go find your background
> > image and add it to the list.  The "-" will allow you to delete ones
> 
> You are, of course, correct. But what does not work is the standard:
> Preferences-> Desktop -> Background which works in  Gnome. Probably that
> is strictly for Gnome.
> 
OK, I blew it. In Gnome 3 you change the background by going to the
Background application. So I don't know where the Preferences-> Desktop
-> Background comes from in XFCE and LDXE but in any case it does not
work.


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