Changing The Desktop Background in Fedora 9

Actually, change the background image is very easy. You just right click on desktop, than choose "Change Desktop Background" option. For detail, see below :

Right click your desktop -> choose "Change Desktop Background" option -> wait until window "Appearance Preferences" appear -> choose tab "Background" -> choose a picture as you like on Wallpaper -> Close.

Beside you can choose a picture for your desktop background, you can choose others like style, colors, theme, etc. Style has 5 options : Centered, Fill screen, Scaled, Zoom, and Tiled. Color has 3 options : Solid color, Horizontal gradient, and Vertical gradient.

If you have a nice picture, and you want to make it become your desktop background, you can use above steps to do that. You just add the files into a folder /usr/share/backgrounds/.

Just for information, the content of this folder and sub folder are :

[root@msmunir1 backgrounds]# ls -l -R -h /usr/share/backgrounds/
/usr/share/backgrounds/:
total 20K
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4,0K 2009-01-25 07:48 images
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K 2008-12-26 17:49 nature
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K 2008-12-26 17:49 tiles
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K 2008-12-26 17:49 translucent
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K 2009-01-25 08:52 waves

/usr/share/backgrounds/images:
total 1,5M
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K 2008-12-26 17:49 branded
-rw-rw-r-- 1 msmunir msmunir 29K 2009-01-25 07:44 default-5_4.png
-rw-rw-r-- 1 msmunir msmunir 29K 2009-01-25 07:45 default.jpg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 msmunir msmunir 29K 2009-01-25 07:45 default.png
-rw-rw-r-- 1 msmunir msmunir 29K 2009-01-25 07:45 default-wide.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 543K 2006-09-06 22:35 earth_from_space.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 324K 2006-09-06 22:35 flowers_and_leaves.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 206K 2006-09-06 22:35 ladybugs.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 183K 2006-09-06 22:35 stone_bird.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75K 2006-09-06 22:35 tiny_blast_of_red.jpg

/usr/share/backgrounds/images/branded:
total 472K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 465K 2008-03-10 11:36 GNOME-Curves.png

/usr/share/backgrounds/nature:
total 636K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 80K 2008-03-10 11:36 FreshFlower.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 180K 2008-03-10 11:36 GreenMeadow.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 362K 2008-03-10 11:36 OpenFlower.jpg

/usr/share/backgrounds/tiles:
total 1,7M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4,6K 2006-09-06 22:35 3dgreen.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50K 2006-09-06 22:35 All-Good-People-1.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20K 2006-09-06 22:35 bark.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5,4K 2006-09-06 22:35 Blkmarble.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84K 2006-09-06 22:35 blobl.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K 2006-09-06 22:35 blue_gray_rough.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32K 2006-09-06 22:35 bluemars.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,7K 2006-09-06 22:35 blue.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 263 2006-09-06 22:35 blue_ridge.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K 2006-09-06 22:35 blue_type.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24K 2006-09-06 22:35 bricks.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K 2006-09-06 22:35 brushed_metal.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18K 2006-09-06 22:35 burlwood.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29K 2006-09-06 22:35 camouflage.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20K 2006-09-06 22:35 Chicken-Songs-2.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4,3K 2006-09-06 22:35 Circuit.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13K 2006-09-06 22:35 circuit.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3,1K 2006-09-06 22:35 clouds.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9,9K 2006-09-06 22:35 clover.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21K 2006-09-06 22:35 cork.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4,7K 2006-09-06 22:35 countertop.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131K 2006-09-06 22:35 default_blue.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,8K 2006-09-06 22:35 diffraction-patterns.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 922 2006-09-06 22:35 dots.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17K 2006-09-06 22:35 dunes.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28K 2006-09-06 22:35 fibers.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 2006-09-06 22:35 fish.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29K 2006-09-06 22:35 fleur_de_lis.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72K 2006-09-06 22:35 floral.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 2006-09-06 22:35 flowers.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3,4K 2006-09-06 22:35 Foggy1.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K 2006-09-06 22:35 fossil.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7,9K 2006-09-06 22:35 green_weave.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20K 2006-09-06 22:35 ice.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8,6K 2006-09-06 22:35 java.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 81K 2006-09-06 22:35 kde_passion.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22K 2006-09-06 22:35 manila_paper.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7,9K 2006-09-06 22:35 Marble01.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K 2006-09-06 22:35 marble.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 274 2006-09-06 22:35 moss_ridge.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55K 2006-09-06 22:35 neurons.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30K 2006-09-06 22:35 No-Ones-Laughing-3.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8,8K 2006-09-06 22:35 numbers.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 274 2006-09-06 22:35 ocean_stripes.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 86K 2006-09-06 22:35 only_k.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,7K 2006-09-06 22:35 Paper01.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4,8K 2006-09-06 22:35 paper.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K 2008-03-10 11:36 pattern-boats.svg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9,2K 2008-03-10 11:36 pattern-clouds.svg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12K 2008-03-10 11:36 pattern-stars.svg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 241 2006-09-06 22:35 pavement.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25K 2006-09-06 22:35 Planning-And-Probing-1.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,8K 2006-09-06 22:35 plasma.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12K 2006-09-06 22:35 purple_marble.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 227 2006-09-06 22:35 qbist1.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4,9K 2006-09-06 22:35 qbist2.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 245 2006-09-06 22:35 rattan.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 441 2006-09-06 22:35 reset.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K 2006-09-06 22:35 ridged_paper.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3,9K 2006-09-06 22:35 rough_paper.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,8K 2006-09-06 22:35 sinus.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264 2006-09-06 22:35 sky_ridge.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 274 2006-09-06 22:35 snow_ridge.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42K 2006-09-06 22:35 stonewall2.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32K 2006-09-06 22:35 terracotta.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32K 2006-09-06 22:35 Time-For-Lunch-2.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 61K 2006-09-06 22:35 Totally-New-Product-1.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 2006-09-06 22:35 triangles.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 115K 2006-09-06 22:35 triplegears.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,5K 2006-09-06 22:35 wavy_white.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40K 2006-09-06 22:35 Won-Ton-Soup-3.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17K 2006-09-06 22:35 wood.png

/usr/share/backgrounds/translucent:
total 40K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23K 2008-03-10 11:36 ellipsis.svg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K 2008-03-10 11:36 tentacles.svg

/usr/share/backgrounds/waves:
total 2,1M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 423K 2008-09-03 15:03 bg-1280-1024.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 535K 2008-09-03 15:03 bg-1600-1200.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 599K 2008-09-03 15:04 bg-1920-1200.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 152K 2008-09-03 15:01 bg-800-480.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 161K 2008-09-03 15:01 bg-800-600.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 158K 2008-09-03 15:18 bg.png
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 5,8K 2009-01-25 08:55 waves.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5,7K 2008-09-03 15:10 waves.xml.asli
[root@msmunir1 backgrounds]#

Enjoy your picture!!!(MSMunir;Batan)