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Questions tagged [desktop-background]

A desktop background, or wallpaper, or just background is a digital image used as a decorative background on the desktop. Use this tag for questions regarding either the image or solid color displayed on the desktop background. DO NOT use this tag for questions about the background of specific applications. In such cases just use the application's tag.

A desktop background or wallpaper is a digital image used as a decorative background on the desktop. The desktop background can be either a static image or an animated one (the latter may be referred to as a 'live' or 'dynamic' background).

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How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?

How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow with my own set of images? With the images coming from a pictures folder, or pre-selected With the images displayed in order, or randomly With the images changing every few minutes, or after random…
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Where are the Unity desktop wallpapers located?

Please see the picture below. Where are the Unity desktop wallpapers located?
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How can I get the monitor resolution using the command line?

I would like to find a wallpaper that best suits my resolution. How can I get the resolution just by writing commands in the command line?
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How to change desktop background from command line in Unity?

I have a script that updates my desktop background every day with the NASA APOD. Since upgrading to 11.10, that script stopped working, presumably because I'm using gconftool-2 to actually update the desktop background. Is there a new way to do this…
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Is it possible to have a different background for each workspace?

I normally use 4 different workspaces for different things, and they are always the same. Can I make a different background image for each one of them? I would like an answer that works for GNOME 3 desktop environment, Unity and the Classic desktop…
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How do I change the wallpaper of the login screen?

I would like to set the wallpaper in the login screen (Unity Greeter), how do I do that?
Jorge Castro
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Why are my wallpaper settings, tile, zoom, center, scale, fill or span options no longer available?

Up until a couple months ago, if I changed my wallpaper/background image, I could choose between tile, zoom, centre, scale, fill or span. These options no longer appear in GUI for changing the background image. I am using Ubuntu 17.10.
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Desktop shows a white or black background instead of wallpapers

After the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 my desktop background turns black after I try to set a image for that. How to fix it? This is my desktop screen:
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Ubuntu 20.04 change background to solid colour

There was an option to change background to solid color. However, I notice that that option is no longer there. The only options available are to use existing image or to add picture. Was this setting moved to somewhere else? Here are some of the…
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How to span single wallpaper over dual monitors?

I have dual monitor set up in Ubuntu 11.10. I want to have a single wallpaper spanned across both monitors. How do I do this?
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How can I choose the Zoom virtual background feature using Ubuntu?

I have installed the Zoom Desktop Client for Linux on Ubuntu 18.04. I would like to use the Virtual Background feature, but I do not know how to activate it. My Zoom Linux Client Version is 3.5.385850.0413 and my laptop also meet the processor…
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Wallpaper is not changing and right click does not work on desktop in Ubuntu 14.04

Sorry if this question is already answered, but I have already searched and could not find a solution to my problem. Recently I installed gnome-shell and ubuntu-gnome-desktop to try gnome. I then removed it using sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell…
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Changing login screen wallpaper

I have been trying to change my login screen wallpaper to one of my own using ubuntu-tweak. The wallpapers are located in Ubuntu's default wallpaper folder and I have given all users read privileges on them. Now there isn't even a wallpaper left on…
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No background options other than default pictures

I am using freshly installed Ubuntu 19.10 on a Dell Precision 7530 laptop. Under settings - background, I cannot change the background to anything other that the default pictures. According to Ubuntu Desktop Guide » Settings » Display & screen »…
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Bing Picture of the Day as Desktop Wallpaper?

Can anyone help me out with how to make Bing Picture to my Desktop Wallpaper? So it works by downloading the highest quality of todays picture. Then storing it ex in the Picture folder of your account. After that automatically changing the picture…
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