Terminal Background

[redbikemaster]

I was just curious, but I'd like to know if someone could program it to where the desktop wallpaper was a working terminal, behind icons, windows, and the Launcher (11.04).

No rush, just wondered if it was possible. Thought it would look cool.

[redbikemaster]

Or maybe any interactive background.

[turtle153]

It's an interesting idea, but you certainly wouldn't be able to use icons as they are managed by Nautilus.

See this post to do it: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202249

[era86]

I remember doing this on an old build of Ubuntu. That said, it was using Openbox, where the desktop icons were irrelevant. Also, I would suggest reducing the size of your background terminal to a specified spot (not the whole screen).

Just some suggestions since I used to have this setup. Goodluck!