On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 10:55:28PM -0500, Michael Milliman wrote: > For me, though, the important aspect is will sxiv change the desktop > background like feh will? If all you want is to set the root window (desktop/background) image, "xsetbg" from the xloadimage package will do nicely. If you want additional features like thumbnail galleries, then I don't have any recommendations, as I don't use such programs.