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[Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm thinking of it like this: the background picture in 12.04 is a personal
touch in the same sense as your name or your profile picture. It is part of
your public profile, and it's a way for the OS to say “this belongs to Bob.”
(It works like this in lots of popular web services, for what it's worth.
Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr spring to mind).

That IS a change in approach from 11.10, where the background was visible
by circumstance but not necessarily on purpose. They're different
approaches, and that's pretty well it. Ubuntu's backgrounds are not like
other desktop operating systems, but neither is Ubuntu. The feature makes
sense in its own right, and it's quite clear - from the first time someone
logs in - that it is happening. I, for one, don't see a problem there.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/844081

Title:
  Unity Greeter - Background of the Unity Greeter should reflect the
  background chosen by the user that is currently selected

Status in D-Bus interfaces for querying and manipulating user account information:
  Confirmed
Status in Ayatana Design:
  Fix Released
Status in Light Display Manager:
  Fix Released
Status in Unity Greeter:
  Fix Released
Status in “accountsservice” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Background of the Unity Greeter should reflect the background chosen
  by the user that is currently selected.

  e.g. the background the user has selected on their desktop should be
  displayed in the greeter.  See the attached animation
  login_screen_v02_WP.mov to understand exactly how the backgrounds
  should crossfade.

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