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I was wondering whether we can have different wallpapers in each workspace of a Linux distro using Gnome. Googled it. Solutions I found require desktop effects to be enabled. My laptop can't take up that much load. So I wanted to know if their's a way to do so without enabling any effects.
[note] My distro is Fedora 14.
The short answer is not without applying patches.
But you could use a different window manager / desktop environment. Enlightenment, for example, supports this feature.
Answer to a very old question if anyone still wondering: Yes, you can.
Using a Gnome extension called Walkpaper. Install, open its preferences/options, assign wallpaper to each workspace and done.
Just a vague workaround proposition:
A script/fonction that would:
wmctrl?)display -root?)Looks like Gnome doesn't have this feature by default.
However I use a Python software called Wallpapoz.
It's not fast. It takes some time for the wallpaper to change.
