diff -Nur xfdesktop-4.2.1.orig/common/xfdesktop-common.h xfdesktop-4.2.1/common/xfdesktop-common.h
--- xfdesktop-4.2.1.orig/common/xfdesktop-common.h	2005-01-09 14:18:36.000000000 -0700
+++ xfdesktop-4.2.1/common/xfdesktop-common.h	2005-03-23 13:31:20.448625169 -0700
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 
 #define BACKDROP_CHANNEL         "BACKDROP"
-#define DEFAULT_BACKDROP         DATADIR "/xfce4/backdrops/xfce-smoke.png"
+/* Use Fedora (tm) default background image */
+#define DEFAULT_BACKDROP         DATADIR "/backgrounds/images/default.png"
 #define LIST_TEXT                "# xfce backdrop list"
 #define XFDESKTOP_SELECTION_FMT  "XFDESKTOP_SELECTION_%d"
 #define XFDESKTOP_IMAGE_FILE_FMT "XFDESKTOP_IMAGE_FILE_%d"
diff -Nur xfdesktop-4.2.1.orig/settings/backdrop_settings.c xfdesktop-4.2.1/settings/backdrop_settings.c
--- xfdesktop-4.2.1.orig/settings/backdrop_settings.c	2005-01-10 03:05:16.000000000 -0700
+++ xfdesktop-4.2.1/settings/backdrop_settings.c	2005-03-23 13:33:09.725725691 -0700
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@
 				bp->color1.blue = setting->data.v_color.blue;
 				bp->color1.alpha = setting->data.v_color.alpha;
 			} else {
-				/* Just a color by default #1f3f6f - That number looks cool :) */
-				bp->color1.red = (guint16)0x1f00;
-				bp->color1.green = (guint16)0x3f00;
-				bp->color1.blue = (guint16)0x6f00;
+                                /* Use Fedora (tm) default background color */
+                               bp->color1.red = (guint16) 0x2600;
+                               bp->color1.green = (guint16) 0x3200;
+                               bp->color1.blue  = (guint16) 0x4c00;
 				bp->color1.alpha = (guint16)0xffff;
 				mcs_manager_set_color(mcs_plugin->manager, setting_name,
 						BACKDROP_CHANNEL, &bp->color1);