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In the past, setting the different backgrounds for each desktop was rather an easy thing to do.

I have not tried that for the past 2 years, and now I have been struggling for a few days to find a way to do it.

What is the "modern" way to set a different background for each workspace? Ubuntu 20.04 is in question.

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  • I never knew it was easy to do. It is one of the major lacking features on many of the Linux desktops, afaik. For gnome Shell, there may be an extension. – vanadium Sep 10 '21 at 11:17
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    [Is this what you’re looking for?](https://askubuntu.com/a/1089402/1222991) – matigo Sep 10 '21 at 11:35
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    Does this answer your question? [Is it possible to have a different background for each workspace?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/75998/is-it-possible-to-have-a-different-background-for-each-workspace) – graham Sep 10 '21 at 11:39
  • @vanadium "on many of the Linux desktops," ....It is a piece of cake on KDE, which should be the second most popular linux DE. – Bruni Sep 10 '21 at 11:44
  • Hi all, existing solutions are too old. Not valid for 20.x Ubuntu versions. None of them works. – ubuntico Sep 10 '21 at 14:12
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    [Walkpaper](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1200/walkpaper/) works perfectly for me. – pLumo Sep 13 '21 at 14:59
  • @pLumo it works in my case as well. Please add an answer so you get the bounty. – ubuntico Sep 14 '21 at 11:03
  • What's your DE/windowmanager? – Jacob Vlijm Sep 14 '21 at 12:30
  • @JacobVlijm The default one. Have not changed it after the installation. Shell version is I think 36.x.x. – ubuntico Sep 14 '21 at 14:38
  • It basically adds the ability to desktop right-click Change background. You change the wallpaper like you would do it normally, but the extension remembers what workspace you were on. To change different wallpapers, you have to switch to the corresponding workspace and change its background. – ubuntico Sep 14 '21 at 14:40

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You can use Walkpaper Gnome Extension.

Set different wallpaper for each workspace by having the wallpaper switch on workspace change.

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