http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/93/
There should be a way in gnome to set a different wallpaper for each monitor.

==== Merged with ideas of a similar scope: Different wallpapers on different workspace ===

Many workspaces option in Linux allows you to separate your work, why not allow users to have different wallpapers on each workspace. This allows for easier identification of which workspace you are on.
When used with compiz-fusion you can rapidly switch between your workspaces and the different wallapaper will allow you to quickly recognise what desktop you are on.

Currently this is natively available in KDE but not in Gnome. In Gnome you can't even let Compiz take over the wallpaper control because Nautilus doesn't allow for transparent backgrounds.

Other solutions like Wallpapoz are slow and when switching between desktops it takes too long to switch WP.


[3201 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #93


[18 votes] Solution #2: Wraparound Wallpapers


[3 votes] Solution #3: Wallpapoz does this.


]]> en-us Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:20:08 +0000 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:09:59 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/93/ It would be great if the Ubuntu installation automatically detected the numbers of monitors and resolution, and installed the right wallpaper(s).]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:46:46 +0000
*** get different wallpaper on each workspace ***

]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:14:39 +0000 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:27:22 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:03:07 +0000
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/452/]]> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:58:48 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:39:54 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:52:37 +0000 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:46:15 +0000 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:26:11 +0000 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:05:14 +0000 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:04:54 +0000 Great idea!]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:54:48 +0000 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:39:15 +0000 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:40:32 +0000
An alternative might be to add a plugin to compiz which draws the desktop icons (which should be easy) allowing drag and drop into nautilus, dolphin, thunar etc. (which might not be so easy); then we can switch off nautilus's desktop management and just use it as a file manager.]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:15:49 +0000 (http://live.gnome.org/SummerOfCode2008/Ideas)
Interested students, please apply!]]> Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:34:58 +0000
Nautilus either needs to support this natively, or provide a transparency mode so that icons appear over top of Compiz. I think native support is best because not everyone runs Compiz.]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 20:07:17 +0000
I think like aidave, either Nautilus supports a transparent background so Compiz can show multiple wallpapers through it, or (much better) just build support in Nautilus for multiple wallpapers.

The latter allows using this feature without requiring Compiz, e.g. in old computers where Compiz is not supported (oh, and there are lots in use out there, just visit a public school or college to see how we put PIII and P4 to good use).

Very good that Google's SoC has gained a student to work on this, my best wishes to him. I would like to lend a hand this summer at this.

P.S. In a course about using Linux in education, when we introduced the Compiz cube several persons asked "Can I have different backgrounds in each side [of the cube]?" Seems the feature would be popular to have.
]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 17:23:15 +0000 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:35:53 +0000
It's not a votation to choose a single winner; hopefully several ideas will gain more attention and love, not just by their number of votes, but also by personal inclination of developers to prefer working on some things rather than others.

I hope the SoC project for this idea will have all the love and help it deserves, as well as the fix suspend and hibernate idea. The latter is important, even though I don't have a laptop, but the former is definitely cool :-).
]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 22:18:10 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/5121/]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:39:15 +0000
The multiple backgrounds on multiple monitors is a good idea too.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:14:19 +0000 (googling for how to enable unique wallpapers on multiple workspaces and found this thread :))]]> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:47:22 +0000
We asked you to implement, not google.]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:30:33 +0000
IT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED.

>.> read much?]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:05:15 +0000
I've visited the developer's blog but it's full of talks about Version Control Systems.

Hope the project keeps going on, but I'm pessimistic about its completion. :-(
]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:26:26 +0000 I still need to work on implementing the UI side of things however.]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:17:00 +0000
The project is alive and kickin'! These are good news!

I'm ashamed of doubting about the status of the project.

You have done a lot of hard work (and in many places) in the Gnome code.

Again, very good work!
]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:54:09 +0000
Of course, please make sure that there's always an option to turn the new feature off and on. Changing the desktop icons for each workspace also sounds like a good idea.]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:57:17 +0000 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:41:14 +0000 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:22:59 +0000 > Update: it seems his code didn't reached Gnome 2.24, thus this feature won't be present in Intrepid.
]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:57:19 +0000 I see the update.

Hopefully it will be in the next Ubuntu.]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:01:08 +0000 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:41:21 +0000 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:34:13 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:04:04 +0000 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:27:18 +0000 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:55:05 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:38:26 +0000 I hope this idea will not be delayed again.]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:00:51 +0000 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:48:09 +0000 Tue, 12 May 2009 19:11:10 +0000
Take KDE. every release brings significant usability changes for the better (because you can turn off what you don't like).

Gnome on the other hand, won't even let something as simple as a different wallpaper for a different workspace in.

Conclusion: Linus was right.]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:17:18 +0000
@JeanPaul145, Linus was right, was he? So why, I wonder, is he back using Gnome? http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9126619/Q_A_Linux_founder_Linus_Torvalds_talks_about_open_source_identity?taxonomyId=18&pageNumber=5]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:30:25 +0000
like having a 2560x1024 scrooling workspace ^^
]]> Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:44:47 +0000 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:20:22 +0000 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:10:22 +0000 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:31:36 +0000 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:45:34 +0000
Having said that, it seems the "my way is best" epidemic is spreading in the open source community, which is a pity.

This is long, long, (long) overdue. The nautilus people will probably never figure that out. KDE is almost ready for prime time again, though. At least my gripe list for KDE is getting shorter, and my gripe list for Gnome isn't.]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:38:33 +0000
Also, the suggestion about a scrolling desktop is important. I have used that in KDE to download very large images that would not fit on screen in Firefox. You can do it by making your browser window larger than your physical screen size by dragging it so it is mostly off the edge of the screen horizontally and vertically, and then dragging the on screen corner to make it larger. Repeat as required. I think this is also broken in KDE 4.

Expletive deleted.]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:40:44 +0000 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:12:59 +0000 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:35:01 +0000 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:38:22 +0000 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:50:17 +0000
The place to be heard is probably over in the Gnome bug tracker, not here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543596]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:05:05 +0000
Can somebody please clear this up.

Is it being implemented?
By whom?
Will we ever see it?]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:58:29 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:35:37 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:36:58 +0000 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:23:46 +0000 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:46:52 +0000 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:47:09 +0000 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:05:59 +0000 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:09:25 +0000 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:15:33 +0000 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:54:26 +0000 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:46:18 +0000
Create an image which is big enough to cover the screens, in my case I have two monitors at 1280x1024 resolution next to each other so I made one image file at 2560x1024 resolution. Then copy/paste two different wallpaper images into the file, side by side. Save and load this file into the Appearance Background window and set Style to "Span" and you should now have different backgrounds on the monitors.

This might be dependent on how X treats your monitors, so your mileage may vary, but it works fine on my system. ]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:17:31 +0000 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:49:33 +0000
Even the GSoC project seemed to only address wallpapers on different workspaces, not on different monitors. They are two separate, but very closely related issues. It's even more crucial for different monitors since they usually have separate resolutions, and using the same wallpaper on each is not ideal in this case. Sure hope to see this fixed some time this year!]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:00:30 +0000
Systemeinstellungen -> Fensterverhalten -> Virtuelle Arbeitsflächen -> Haken bei "Unterschiedliche Miniprogramme für jede Arbeitsfläche"

my translation

system settings -> window experince -> virtual desktops -> ticking "different widgets for each desktop"

brings all together also the different wallpapers on the virtual desktops]]> Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:16:36 +0000 Happily, it is planned for 12.04: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-p-multi-monitor]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:38:53 +0000