xsnow and xfdesktop

[Patrick Wiseman]

Hello:

At this time of year, I like to fire up xsnow.  It always worked before
(i.e. with xfce3), but this year it doesn't.  Googling turns up this site

http://spuriousinterrupt.org/projects/xfce4/index.php

where, among "Future Plans" is

"Bring back support for apps that draw directly to the root window."

Lack of such support strikes me as a serious limitation of any desktop
manager.  I'd rather lose the desktop fuctionality than lose the ability
to write to the root window!

So, for now, 'killall xfdesktop ; xsnow &" keeps me happy!

Patrick