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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Well here's a wild idea...Some lisp wizard designs some code that is
> a function for toggling "plug/unplugged" but with this difference.
> This toggle will call a command in the OS that will set a different
> background to root window, when unplugged.

Yes.  Not the root window---just change the background of the default
face (or of all the faces that Gnus uses in the *Groups* buffer).
That ought to be straightforward, and can be as garish or subtle as
users might want it to be.