> I am setting up a VMWare image with Ubuntu 10.04 and eXist http://exist-db.org installed. I am looking to add text to the desktop background image. Is there an easy way to do this? I seem to recall programs that display text on the root window, but no idea if they'll work on gnome/kde/whatever kids are using nowadays. xtail maybe? If you're looking for static text, you might want to just edit the background image with GIMP or something. If you're looking for dynamic notifications, there are commandline utilities for libnotify. What exactly are you going for? -Yaron --