Backgrounds for desktops/workspaces

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/04/10 22:58, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> 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.
>    

Yes, this I know re KDE but from the distro I come from one does NOT 
need to have compiz running to be able to have a separate wallpaper for 
each desktop so I was surprised to read that one has to have compiz to 
be able to do this in Kubuntu.

BC

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