Changes

The Ubuntu 10.10 GNOME desktop allows the background to be changed either to a solid or graded color, or to any image you choose to specify. In this chapter of Ubuntu Desktop Essentials we will look at changing the desktop background.

As mentioned previously, there are two ways to specify an image file for the desktop background. One way is to open an image (for example in a web browser) clicking with the right mouse button and selecting ''Set as Desktop Background''. This will cause a dialog to appear asking how the image is to be positioned on the desktop:

[[Image:ubuntu_10.10_set_as_background.jpg|The Ubuntu desktop background settings dialog]]

In this chapter we have looked at changing the Ubuntu desktop background. In the next chapter we will look at installing and customizing Ubuntu Desktop Themes.

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