What I do not understand is why is my background modified when I download and install new updates? I liked it the way it was!
At the moment someone is modifying my environment I am using for my setup is a sign of bad friendship between users and developers!
We are getting to a point where we are at the mercy of those who delivers us the updates and that is NOT good! One might start praising the windows from Microsoft!
We got fancy fonts and higher resolution but we can fit less and less on our monitor screens!?

What distribution are you using? I cannot recall my background changing when updating, except if I left it to the default settings, and that was only on CentOS, I think.

If you want a clean and stable desktop that won't mess up your settings, give Fluxbox a try. Looks pretty slim at first, but once you get it configured right, it's really fast and easy to use. Also, your settings are stored in your /home/user/.fluxbox folder and is easy to copy/modify/edit.

Hard to tell what changed your desktop without knowing what distribution and window manager you are running.

You hid the nail right on its head! I am using CentOS!
Why I do not like the desktop change is related to viruses. If your environment changes without your concession very likely it has to do something with viruses that is my experience. That is why I prefer to not having touched it by developers.
I will look into your Fluxbox but I will not rush into it due to hardware conflicts that might come up during installation. It takes quite a bid of time to redo and straighten up all the dependencies.
Thanks.

I went through my CentOS machines (three of them) and it seems like the background only changed on the machines with the default background still on. Personally, I think that is ok. My background images are intact on the desktops where I set my background, only the bootloader image and login page changed. I think the new picture is cool, but see your point, I also thought about it for a couple of seconds (did I change this...no? Hmmmm)

Anyway, I think that changes in graphics and backgrounds should be limited to major releases and upgrades (sort of to differentiate between the versions), but think it's a good idea to freshen up the default interface after a while. Kind of gives you the feel of a "new" desktop

When it comes to installing Fluxbox on CentOS, it really was a breeze. It will use your current xorg.conf, and no reconfiguring of your system will be required.

1. Fire up the package manager.
2. Search for fluxbox.
3. Install fluxbox-1.0.0-1.el5.i386 or equivalent. (also pulls artwiz-aleczapka-fonts-1.3-6.el5 and python-xdg-0.17-1.el5.rf)
4. Log out of your window manager
5. Change your session to "Fluxbox" on the login page.
6. Start xterm by right-clicking your desktop
7. type "fluxbox-generate_menu -ds -is" to auto-generate a menu of your installed software.
8. Welcome to a clean and mean desktop.

Fluxbox is very "empty" as a default install, but can easily be expanded and made quick to work with. Roll your wheel on the desktop to change between workspaces, and edit /home/XXX/.fluxbox/menu to customize your menu. I use both Gnome and Compiz, but always have Fluxbox installed with a lot of custom menu commands for worktime/gaming, as it is much more responsive and faster to work with.

I did not know that Fluxbox is a window manager. I will try it, it looks really good.
Thanks.