Run: python tempUI.py OR Place file in /home/robb/wallpaper.list with following format [wallpapers] 1=/home/ror/raha 2=/home/ror/roho 3=/home/ror/robo If you're currently using Nautilus as desktop application, just run gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false This will prevent nautilus from drawing the desktop. You can later reenable it with the same command (replace false by true)