Thanks! i needed this, I’ve been searching for this time ago and finally something that works.

But now the folders in the desktop dont appear and when right click in the desktop dont show the menu neither :/

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Nordite Reply:
February 4th, 2010 at 3:32 pm

That is why you have to do the step where you install Avast.

“you will lose any shortcut on desktop,so install Avast window Navigator for better results.”
I have installed Avast and now my shortcuts are on the bottom of my desktop. It’s very cool

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Taylor Reply:
May 24th, 2010 at 11:11 am

is there any way to:
a. get desktop icons back or
b. set a terminal as a background
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Taylor Reply:
May 24th, 2010 at 11:12 am

never mind about avant

admin Reply:
May 24th, 2010 at 10:15 pm

a. Unfortunately,when you apply different wallpapers the desktop icons and right-click menu disappear.You need to disable the different wallpapers to get them back.

b.You may want this:put-a-real-transparent-shell-on-your-desktop-in-ubuntu

thanks man! this reali helped out^^

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Thank you… i was searching this from a long time

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This doesn’t work in Ubuntu 9. I haven’t yet figured out why.

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Thanks

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Hey i Did exactly what you told , but for somereason 1 of the wallpapers stay black and i cant seem to change it back. :/ can you help???

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how do you this in linux mint 8 xfce version? it doesn’t have a nautilus on the configuration editor.

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thanks…………..nice one…………….but i need to view desktop…………..

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Hi. I have one question for you: how could i make work on Kde (Kubuntu) ???

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hey there.i am using ubuntu 10.04..i followed all the steps and they work fine except for only one..when i entered compiz setttnings manager..i went to utility but i could not find the WALLPAPER icon to change the settings nor could i find the the background images option in desktopcube > appearance > background images…thank u ..

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Michael Reply:
June 20th, 2010 at 11:44 am

I’m having the Same problem like Dan,
in Ubuntu 10.04 the Wallpaper option does not show up…. any help would be appreciated….

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Wallpaper man Reply:
September 16th, 2010 at 1:33 pm

In Ubuntu 10.04, the Wallpaper plugin is in a different package than the regular compiz plugins. Install the package ‘compiz-fusion-plugins-extra’ using your package manager of choice, restart compiz, and you should be good to go.

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I have been looking for this for a long time as well
Thanks

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If for any reason you can’t find a solution for this and these examples here doesn’t resolve your problem making the wallpaper plugin to work and you are using mint.. try this (I am currently using Mint 10):

1.Just enable the wallpaper plugin (No need to enable any of the 3D cube nor cube effects) and add the wallpapers equivalent to your virtual desktops count.
2.Disable the desktop on nautilus as explained above (to open nautilus just use terminal and input “gconf-editor”)
3.Once desktop is disabled just press +p (Windows key+p)

I am a newbie to linux and mint… so dont ask me what it does, it just works. I just learned it has something to do with the variable as_triggerscreen_key. Thanks for the info on this website though.

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rr Reply:
October 11th, 2011 at 6:46 pm

thanks… it work at last

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Using 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

I have done everything above but my problem is that when I put in the pictures from my photo albums or something they just come out as black backgrounds. This happens with the default wallpapers as well. Any hints?

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Wooohooo! It works! Thank you so much! Needed to restart the computer though. But happy now

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This is cool, however, it kills conky. Thanks for the tip though!

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This works, but I need to switch to a console (ctrl+alt+f1) then back to desktop (ctrl+alt+f7) before the desktops display properly.

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I have followed the instructions, “Exactly”. It still does not work for me?? Or am I just way too retarded??? hehehe Any help guys? Rj

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admin Reply:
March 13th, 2011 at 6:19 am

Depends on what Ubuntu version you using. It has a bug on 10.10 Maverick.

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i’ll do it for my ubuntu 10.04…

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When we doing something in ubuntu, for example change the system etc, we usually have another effect.
So I think thats why,, ubuntu can make us more smart

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Works on Ubuntu 11.04. Had to install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra first to get Wallpaper under Compiz.

sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

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When I went to the preferences folder in the configuration editor, there was no “show_desktop” option. Any suggestions from where to go from here?

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Hey, I use ubuntu 11.10. I just installed compiz and tried something. Now, I don’t have the menu I get when I move my cursor to the left of my screen. I don’t have close/ minimize buttons any more. I don’t even know to open the terminal without using that menu. I don’t know what to do. How do I get back the settings I previously had. I’m a newbie and I have been using linux only for a few weeks. Please help me.

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Braghadeesh Reply:
December 17th, 2011 at 4:48 am

Now, I can’t even minimize or use ALT+TAB. I have to close the window every-time I wish to do something else. I have to open some other file as text file using Firefox( or any other web browser) to use the Internet. I need your help urgently.

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i have 10.10 and i have different backgrounds…but on every login i must “restart” gnome with Ctrl+Alt+F1 and F7

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