[Novalug] a quick note about 9.04

Mackenzie Morgan macoafi@gmail.com
Sun May 3 02:43:50 EDT 2009


On Domingo 03 Mayo 2009 2:21:55 AM Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 10:26:41PM -0400, Megan Larko wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I just got kubuntu 9.04 installed on my laptop with
> > video/graphics chip "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated
> > Graphics Device".   It looks really nice.   I enabled a few of
> > the additional features.   One thing I have tried but not yet
> > been successful is to get different desktops (I usually use
> > four) to have different wallpaper for each desktop.   This was
> > do-able with earlier versions of kubuntu, but I have changed the
> > wall paper from the default Oxygen picture, but not to make each
> > desktop have its own picture.
> 
> According to a thread in a KDE forum it has not been implemented
> yet.  "maybe" in 4.2.

9.04 has 4.2.2, I think. At the very least 4.2.

> http://forum.kde.org/kde4-multiple-desktop-displays-solved-t-9248.html
> 
> The same thread also says different wallpaper can be assigned to
> different "activities", whatever they are.  Further, each desktop
> can be assigned a different activity.  Thus you can fake different
> wallpapers for each desktop.

As far as I know, Devilspie for GNOME and a plugin in Compiz are the only ways 
to set a different wallpaper for each desktop right now.

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
apt-get moo
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