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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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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?
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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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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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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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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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How do I install wallpapers from older releases?

I have currently installed 12.04 and I really like the wallpapers of 11.10. How do I install it in 12.04?
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How do I submit wallpapers to be considered for inclusion in Ubuntu?

I take photos from time to time, and if I take an exceptionally beautiful one, I'd like to submit it for inclusion in Ubuntu. Where do I send/upload it?
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Where can I find all the wallpapers ever included?

Is there a place where I can find all the wallpapers ever included on the Ubuntu CDs (not just the default ones)?? I remember some nice ones, like the one with the cherries. A package would be great!
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Change desktop background to a solid color (e.g. pitch black) in GNOME 3

I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 with GNOME and I would like to set the background color to black. If I right click in the background I can select a wallpaper or a photo or a color. But there are only a few colors available. How can I open a palette…
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