A guide to quickly changing your X11 mouse cursor theme without using a full desktop environment. Intended for users of stand-alone window managers.

This guide shows several ways in which you can set a desktop background or wallpaper in stand-alone window managers like Openbox, Fluxbox and IceWM. Several applications and methods are explained -- from setting a single image or solid colour, to tinted images, several images and/or text, or rotating wallpapers.