Backgrounds for desktops/workspaces

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:08:24 +1000
Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> On 15/04/10 20:39, Franz Waldmüller wrote:
> > hi basil,
> > Basil Chupin schrieb:
> >    
> >> Re: Lucid Beta 2.
> >>
> >> How can I put a different background/wallpaper on each of my (6)
> >> desktops/workspaces, please? Anyone know?
> >>
> >> BC
> >>
> >>      
> > I don't know if these hints still work with recent versions of
> > ubuntu
> > http://ubuntuguide.net/different-wallpapers-on-each-workspace-in-ubuntu
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=69507
> > http://www.zimbio.com/Avant+Window+Navigator/articles/6/How+get+different+wallpapers+each+workspace
> >
> > Franz
> >    
> 
> Many thanks for this but the last comment I read in one of the
> comments (dated January this year) is that following the instructions
> exactly did not work :-( .

Never trust that.  Possibly someone made a typo and didn't realize it,
preferring to blame Ubuntu or GNOME.
> 
> The instructions given are some 5 years old. There have been a few 
> Ubuntu versions since then. Why hasn't this feature been implemented
> to date, do you know?
> 
> BC
> 
It /is/ implemented in KDE (Kubuntu) and if using compiz.  I suppose
that the GNOME devs don't think it expedient.

Cybe R. Wizard
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