Is there any way to change wallpaper according to specific clock time?

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Finding it quite hard to Google this. Between say 9 am and 6pm I want a certain wallpaper to be displayed, and between 6 pm to 12 am I want a different one. So I want it time-specific.

Any way to do this in Ubuntu?

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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DesktopNova : Click to install

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DesktopNova changes the desktop background image after an adjustable time. It can choose the images from single files and folders (with or without subfolders). An autostart feature is also implemented.

So you add your pictures, and then Check Change wallpaper in intervals.

And there is an indicator for this application.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jun 05 '11 at 20:05

Binarylife

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 11 '17 at 18:59

There is also Desktop Drapes

Besides the wallpaper changers in USC (like Desktop Nova and Desktop Drapes) there is also a script called Sunrise that can do this and you can get it here on deviantart.

Instructions:

Copy the file to a new directory.
Extract the files.
Inside a terminal, cd into the folder you created.
Run sh ./install

It has an XML file with the images and in it also a timer (in seconds).

By default it uses the images shown on this blog. Or course using a script is not as secure as using a package but it's very lightweight.

Is there any way to change wallpaper according to specific clock time?

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