[Trisquel-users] Antwort: Why can't I use an animated GIF as my wallpaper?

[Igor . Zobin]

I think it's because the wallpapers are managed by a program (metacity or  
nautilus I think) that can't display animated pictures, so .gifs get  
converted to simple snapshots of the very first frame.

If you want to make your CPU cry and see animation on the desktop, you can  
make snapshots of every animation frame you need and define a slideshow for  
your desktop background (which is actually possible). Tune the time for the  
pictures to switch for 1/24 of a second and you have full-cinema quality  
animation :)