@ Brian:
> If you want to put different stuff, including backgrounds on each
> virtual desktop, just go to System Setting -> Workspace Behavior and
> pick the Virtual Desktops section from the left. Then just check off
> "Different widgets for each desktop"
I got this far, but this is where 3.x used to set seperate wallpapers.
Now it has seperate (default) names. Desktop 1, Desktop 2...
> Then all you have to do is setup a widget such as Desktop (The default),
> or folder view on each desktop and set the appropriate background for
> each desktop.
Desktop widgets, per Desktop, sounds good, I'll try it later.
But this is not the installed default. Whereas, Mouse Gestures are. (Very rude.)
> It's actually a LOT more versatile that the old way of
> doing things, although admittedly a lot less obvious.
Obviously not obvious.
So, you have no opinion on KDE's default settings?
I still think Gnome is not able to do this.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Using_GNOME/Desktop_Background
(-: Chas.M. :-)