Section: Wallpaper

Looking for some new Linux desktop wallpaper? Check out our wallpaper related articles for inspiration.

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Ubuntu 10.10′s new default wallpaper (for now at least)

It’s evolution rather than revolution on the Ubuntu 10.10 default wallpaper front – but is the image below really the default wallpaper or will there yet be a surprise found waiting on the desktop at a later […]

26 August 2010
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WeatherPaper puts the weather outside on your desktop inside

GNOME users have long been left out in the cold when searching for a good looking & easily-themeable ‘Weather Wallpaper’ application. Over a year ago I ran down the Gnome-friendly alternatives to KDE’s slick weather wallpaper plug-in and […]

26 August 2010
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Dramatic desktop theming script ‘Elegant gnome’ gets even better

It’s been a good month or two since we last spoke about the all-in-one script ‘Elegant Gnome’ which takes your drab default desktop and paints it with pretty – with no hassle involved! The pack […]

23 August 2010
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This lush violet wallpaper is luxury for your desktop

I’m not sure if the association between the colour purple and and luxury is a solely British thing but either way most readers will find that this wallpaper has an utterly delectable feel to it.I almost want to rub […]

21 August 2010
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Want your Photo in Ubuntu 10.10? Deadline is this Friday!

Users wishing to submit photographs for potential inclusion in Ubuntu 10.10 have just a few more days left to do so. The contest, which takes place bi-annually via the Ubuntu Artwork Flickr group, will be closing […]

17 August 2010
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Periodic Table Wallpaper – A Lot Cooler Than it Sounds

If your life has been lacking a well designed, slighty humorous but oh-so informative Peridoic Table wallpaper then say hello to this Nobel-ium (no really, that is the best pun I can do.) slice of pixel perfect. […]

11 August 2010
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DreamScene for Ubuntu? Ta very much.

Ever wanted to set video as your desktop wallpaper a la the quickly-ditched Windows DreamScene? With 'Video Wallpaper' it's easy.

9 August 2010
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Download some OMG! Wallpapers!

I whipped up four OMG! wallpapers in three different resolutions for you hardcore fans to download and show the love for your favourite sources of open source news. In the pack you’ll find the following […]

5 August 2010
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Download Every default Ubuntu wallpaper in one archive

Wallpaper fans who have longed to own every default Ubuntu wallpaper since Warty waddled its way into the world will be lining up to download the following archive created by anchorschmidt. The 66.3 MB .zip […]

27 July 2010
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9 Awesome lynx-themed wallpapers

Show your love for Ubuntu 10.04 with these awesome Lucid-inspired wallpapers by MadeInKobaia. The wallpapers are available in many resolutions – including widescreen – so you’re sure to find the one you like looking awesome […]

26 July 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five Wallpapers That Aren’t Flowers Or Things That Look Like Flowers When Turned Upside-Down

Last week Weather-Indicator project member Cullen shared his favourite five images from the Ubuntu Artwork Flickr Pool (where users can submit photos, a dozen or so of which will make it into the default installation […]

3 July 2010
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OMG! 5! – Five Wallpaper picks vying to make it into Ubuntu 10.10

One of the great ‘new’ traditions during an Ubuntu development cycle is the open submission of photos competing to win a place in the next default install of Ubuntu. The competition has a few more months left to go but Weather-Indicator projects’ Cullen has picked out his five favourite photos so far - and you don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes in order to spot a few recurring themes…

30 June 2010
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Real-time sunlight wallpaper app gets a PPA, fixes

The awesome Real-time Sunlight Wallpaper application we mentioned last week is finally installable via a PPA. The new PPA version brings several fixes and features along with the added benefit of allowing users to stay […]

16 June 2010
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light ubuntu wallpaper

You can never have too many wallpaper choices – as this wallpaper by Felipi attests! Matching perfectly with the default Ubuntu Ambiance theme with aplomb the wallpaper nevertheless comes in a range of other colours […]

14 June 2010
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Quirky Wallpaper: Real-time sunlight wallpaper

A few days back Benjamin posted an article on setting up a slick real-time Earth view wallpaper. In response to that Carles Sentis has sent us news of an awesome pet project of his which does […]

11 June 2010
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Want your wallpaper to help you be productive?

We’ve probably all seen, at some point, varying different productivity wallpapers. OMG! Ubuntu! reader Osvaldo decided that he wanted the default 10.04 wallpaper with some nice looking organizational helps, so he made up this great […]

8 June 2010
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Quirky Wallpaper: Live Earth wallpaper

This could be you! I love space, and, more specifically I love space wallpapers as my wallpaper. During exam time (like now) I usually set some motivational wallpaper like “Get the hell off Facebook and […]

6 June 2010
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Turn your Mouse Movements Into a Desktop Wallpaper

Turn your mouse movements into a zany desktop wallpaper with IOGraph. Developed by Moscow designer Anatoly Zenkov & his colleague Andrey Shipilov, the Java application  is set to run in the background while you go about your everyday ‘computing’. During this […]

6 June 2010