Transparent desktop text icons xubuntu 12.04

Create a file named .gtkrc-2.0 in your home directory.
Open this file in a text editor and fill it with the text:


style "xfdesktop-icon-view" {
XfdesktopIconView::label-alpha = 0

fg[NORMAL] = "#ffffff"
fg[SELECTED] = "#ffffff"
fg[ACTIVE] = "#ffffff"
}


widget_class "*XfdesktopIconView*" style "xfdesktop-icon-view"



If you want to change the text colour as well, just edit the file replacing ffffff with the desired colour's code (tip: you can use Gcolor2 to help you determine the colour code).
For the changes to take effect either log out and log in or run the command:

$ killall xfdesktop

And wait for xfdesktop to restart.