How to set up an automatic wallpaper changer on Ubuntu Linux

New to Ubuntu Linux? This computer operating system could be a bit tricky for beginners, but fret not, help is here. Check out this video tutorial on how to set up an automatic wallpaper changer on Ubuntu Linux.

1st App: Wallpaper Tray

Wallpaper-tray is a wallpaper utility that sits on the GNOME panel. It gives you a random wallpaper from a chosen directory at logon, on a timer, and allows you to select a new wallpaper at random from its menu.

In Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) and above: Right click the gnome panel, select the "Add to panel..." option and select wallpaper-tray in the dialog. A small icon of your current desktop will appear in the panel (right click to configure). And wallpaper-tray will also start automatically from then on.

To make wallpaper-tray run on login in older versions of Ubuntu, in Gnome:

1. System: Preferences: Sessions
2. In the Startup Programs tab click New
3. Name: Wallpaper Tray
4. Command: /usr/bin/wallpaper-tray

2nd App: Wally

Wally is a Qt4 wallpaper changer, using multiple sources like files, folders, FTP remote folders, Flickr, Yahoo!, Panoramio, Pikeo, Ipernity, Photobucket, Buzznet, Picasa and Smugmug images. Not only that, but it also works on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Ubuntu users will be glad to know that it even comes with pre-build .deb packages for both 32 and 64bit versions

From it's settings you can choose to "Switch background on play" and then just click "Play" on it's notification area icon (Systray for Windows) or Next / Previous photo if you don't like your current wallpaper. Obviously, this can be done automatically without any input from your side, by entering a desired interval to switch wallpapers.

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