Re: Can I get a wallpaper in this town?

From: Malke (invalid_at_not-real.com)
Date: 09/02/05 

Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:49:18 -0700

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> __/ [graham] on Friday 02 September 2005 09:42 \__
>
>> On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:21:25 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> __/ [John Bailo] on Thursday 01 September 2005 21:47 \__
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I got to Desktop, pick Download wallpapers.
>>>>
>>>> I download it, it has a check box.
>>>>
>>>> But how do I actually /make/ it my wallpaper...it doesn't show in
>>>> the dropdown list???
>>>
>>> If you are using KDE as your window manager, have your mouse pointer
>>> hover over some empty space in the Desktop, right-click it
>>> (right-handed mouse assumed), select "Configure Desktop", Background
>>> along the left-hand side, select the horizontal tab called
>>> "Wallpaper", then "Browse..." along the bottom. Select the wallpaper
>>> from the location where it was saved. It will often be
>>> /home/YOUR_USERNAME/ by default. If you are not sure what this
>>> location actually is, have a look at the application (browser?) that
>>> you used for downloading the wallpaper image.
>>>
>>> Hope it helps,
>>>
>>> Roy
>>
>> 'Download Wallpapers' usually go in ~/.kde/share/wallpapers/
>> I would have expected it to appear in the drop down list as mine did.
>
> I usually just save them without an explicit notion of download or get
> them from kde-look.org (or gnome-look.org), in which case the images
> are just images, sometimes compressed.
>
> Maybe I am just way behind as far as simplifications are concerned...
>

I have lots of wallpapers and keep them in their own folder. Using KDE,
all you have to do is drag an image file to the desktop and choose "Set
As Wallpaper". Very easy.

Malke 

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