How can I set an HTML page as the desktop background?

Question

Before people flag this as an exact duplicate of How can I use a .html file as desktop background/wallpaper? please let me clarify .

Unlike that question where he just wants desktop icons for launching webapps , I want to use a HTML page as a background because I have a Slideshow as a HTML file which retrieves images from many sources . I want to be able to set this as a background just like in Windows XP. Is this possible ?

I heard from someone that I can use screenlets , but I would like to avoid that if possible.

EDIT

If not possible with Compiz or nautilus, what about with other display managers ? Gnome Shell, XFCE, LDXE etc ?

Answer 1

You cannot do this with Nautilus or Compiz, no. I don't know what exactly the screenlets you are talking about are, but the general answer is no. File managers and the window manager, do not use a webkit view to draw the background and icons. This works in Windows, because the file manager and web browser, are the same thing. In Ubuntu, they aren't.

Answer 2

possible solution is this example here: from beginning you need a harddisk with exact at least two partitions (beside swap boot and else for linux 250 Gibi - extended and logical). the second partition is ntfs for windows ( 250 Gibi vista - xp is vfat ?! - 7 or above is not mentioned here in this example!). after done this harddisk with gparted (you need partition-table for this harddisk !) - you install linux only on the linux region. then linux should be running. now you install with e.g. ubuntu the program virtualbox (update linux with virtualbox) and run windows installation-CD/DVD with virtualbox. so you have in the end a firewall-installation running through windows, but main "server" is linux . . . when you want to be sure for a proper harddisk - you need to preformat it with dd - "factory-new". this is humblesome and you need much patience. most failures are done, because many deal with linux too quick. - the thing is that windows 7 or windows 8 normally do not allow, to switch off explorer and to activate freeware or java (uefi-bios) - but you can with above two partitions capsulate windows - the thing is, the more you install and after several updates windows can blast the size of the harddisk. - so restrict only to necessary tools and not to "I want have anything".

so now to html . . . create one jpg-file or several with gimp and write what you like there to be written. embedd these in your html-file. create two or three html-files. one is named index.html (necessary for to load the rest). yo you can upload these files on your domain via windows (while running virtualbox) - with no harm to windows - no harm to microsoft and no harm to linux.

Answer 3

kde 4.9 does support animated and interactive backgrounds... it's just a matter of adding a ppa and installing the kubuntu-plasma-desktop.