I'm fine with Gnome, but what bothers me is when really basic features are missing. For example replacing a desktop wallpaper with a solid color required manua

I'm fine with Gnome, but what bothers me is when really basic features are missing. For example replacing a desktop wallpaper with a solid color required manual config changes. Even Windows 95 let me do this from the GUI. Removing the wallpaper is useful for VNC connections for example.