diff -Naur xfdesktop-4.0.5.orig/settings/backdrop_settings.c xfdesktop-4.0.5/settings/backdrop_settings.c
--- xfdesktop-4.0.5.orig/settings/backdrop_settings.c	2003-09-19 23:10:59.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop-4.0.5/settings/backdrop_settings.c	2004-04-20 21:00:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
 #define gdk_pixbuf_new_from_inline gdk_pixbuf_new_from_stream
 #endif
 
-#define DEFAULT_BACKDROP (DATADIR "/xfce4/backdrops/xfce-stripes.png")
+/* Use Fedora (tm) default background image */
+#define DEFAULT_BACKDROP (DATADIR "/backgrounds/images/default.jpg")
 
 /*
  * XXX - No help button for now. Wait for the others to ACK on this.
@@ -216,12 +217,10 @@
     }
     else
     {
-        /* 
-           Just a color by default #336699 - That number looks cool :)
-         */
-        backdrop_color.red   = (guint16) 0x3300;
-        backdrop_color.green = (guint16) 0x6600;
-        backdrop_color.blue  = (guint16) 0x9900;
+        /* Use Fedora (tm) default background color */
+        backdrop_color.red   = (guint16) 0x2600;
+        backdrop_color.green = (guint16) 0x3200;
+        backdrop_color.blue  = (guint16) 0x4c00;
         backdrop_color.alpha = (guint16) 0;
         mcs_manager_set_color(mcs_plugin->manager, "color", BACKDROP_CHANNEL, 
                               &backdrop_color);