Comparitive Desktop Environments

[Rick Stevens]

On 09/27/2011 08:00 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> 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.

It works fine for me on XFCE.  The only thing I've found that doesn't
work is removing a wallpaper from the list (the "-" button never comes
alive--at least not for me).  Yes, I've squawked it to the developers.
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