On Friday 16 March 2007, Eur Ing Chris Green wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 03:21:06PM +0000, Dave Russell wrote: > > Phil Meyer wrote: > > >I saw a script recently that would randomly change the Desktop > > >background image from a directory of images, and I have read that Gnome > > >can do that itself, but much of that info has been collected here: > > > > > >http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/12/01/random-wallpaper-in-gnome/ > > > > Or, even better take a look at the gnome applet wp tray (wallpaper > > tray) that does the same thing, but nicely configurable and a nice > > little user interface too. > > Why would I (or 'one') want to do that? It's just a distraction if > you're actually using the computer. The first thing I do with any > distribution (and windows when I use it) is switch to a plain > background, usually fairly dark blue or green. Then I cover it up > with things that I work with anyway. > Horses for courses. I prefer a desktop largely clean of icons, but like a cheerful wallpaper. Each to his own. Of course kde does almost exactly what was asked for - my wallpaper is randomly selected from a list, and changed at intervals set by me. Anne
