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Category Archives: Wallpaper
The Sands of Time Linux Desktop
Popular ‘tips & tricks’ site Lifehacker regularly feature readers’ custom desktops along with a ‘How To’ on creating the same look on your own desktop.
Annoyingly for Linux users the majority of desktops featured by Lifehacker tend to be OS X or Windows based.
One set-up that always impressed me was ‘Sands of Time’ by Ian Michael Smith – a Mac set-up using GeekTool to partially obscure a clock with sand dunes. It sounds simple – and it is – but the result looks stunning.
And the good news for Linux users is that Deviant Artist ~Flamer-Shaftglutton has recreated it using the lightweight system monitor Conky.
“Four Seasons” Wallpaper Pack
If there is one thing that most people agree on about the wallpapers it’s that no one likes looking at bad looking wallpaper.
“Four Seasons” is a wallpaper pack I created inspired by the diversity of the four seasons of our planet. The pack includes wallpapers for each each season – Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, and a “Four Seasons” wallpaper which represents all of the seasons in a unified image.
That Wallpaper? Here It Is
I’ve created a monster!
Actually I created a pair of wallpapers. But since I began using them in screenshots and videos here on the site I’ve been inundated with requests from readers wanting to know where they can get hold of them.
So here’s how.
Download the Official Ubuntu TV Wallpaper
Mmm. Despite all today’s news about Ubuntu’s latest extension into our lives (Ubuntu TV if you haven’t been paying attention) part of me is still left… wanting more. And, as I can’t get Ubuntu TV itself to compile nicely, i’m happy to settle for looking at this: the Ubuntu TV default wallpaper. Purple salad has never looked [...]
Lubuntu Wish Users Happy New Year With New Default Wallpaper
The default wallpaper of Lubuntu 12.04, the next major release of the lightweight Ubuntu-based OS currently in development, has received a new year revamp.
After upgrading the ‘lubuntu artwork’ package users will find their default desktop drape changed to cool blue wallpaper with the greeting ‘the lubuntu team wishes you a happy new year 2012′ sat amongst a cloud of Lubuntu developers names.
Ubuntu-Coloured GNOME and KDE Stripe Wallpaper
No-one likes staring at a rubbish desktop wallpaper. Unfortunately for Ubuntu its recent crop of default wallpapers haven’t been the strongest in its seven-year history. So I decided to blend the ‘purple-ness’ of Ubuntu’s recent drapes to GNOME 3′s iconic ”Stripes” wallpaper, and that found in the recent release of KDE Software Compilation. GNOME Stripes Long [...]
KDE Default Wallpaper ‘Kontest’ Kicks Off
KDE users are being asked to design the default wallpaper for the next major release of the popular desktop environment.
Want to take part? Click on in for the details…
GNOME 3′s Default Wallpaper – Ubuntu Style
Whether or not you’re a fan of GNOME 3′s default ‘stripy blue’ wallpaper there’s no denying that it is striking. If you plan on using GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 11.10 (it’s just a click away) – or if you’ve made the ultimate sacrifice and have it installed it in 11.04 – the following Ubuntu-flavoured variant of [...]
[How To] Change LightDM Background in Ubuntu 11.10
Early demonstrations of Ubuntu 11.10′s new ‘login manager’ LightDM showed it changing wallpaper background based on the account selected. This feature has yet to appear in the current implementation rocking out in the Ubuntu beta, but, to sate the appetite of the customisation connoisseurs, here’s a quick-and-dirty way to set your own background. How to change LightDM background Open a [...]
14 New Wallpapers Land in Ubuntu 11.10 [Download]
The community wallpapers chosen as part of Ubuntu 11.10 community wallpaper contest have ‘landed’ in Ubuntu 11.10.
Untouched Photography Can Still Make A Good Wallpaper
Software Developer Robert Sarkozi has a passion for photography, and uploads the best snaps he takes to his Flickr account. Rather than have them sit there unused and unseen he wants to ‘share them with people’
44 Community Wallpapers Shortlisted for Ubuntu 11.10
More than 40 community wallpapers have been shortlisted for inclusion in Ubuntu 11.10.
And here’s where to download them.
Ubuntu 11.10 Wallpaper Shortlist
A shortlist of 28 wallpapers, of which a dozen or so will be included Ubuntu 11.10 by default, have been revealed online.
The bi-annual Ubuntu wallpaper contest allows anyone with a camera or a talent to submit images for possible inclusion in Ubuntu.
There are some utterly beautiful entries in the shortlist; I don’t envy the job of having to choose between them.