My Unsplash Auto Wallpaper Changer for Linux

Welcome to my blog post focusing on my most recent effort—a wallpaper changing software that I spent over 12 hours creating!

I’ve combined the program with wget to get photos from the Internet and Nitrogen to install fresh wallpapers on the user’s desktop.

Compatibility and Auto-Start Function

Automatic Installation

The wallpaper changing program provides an automated installation function for wget and nitrogen. If these two packages are not currently present on your system, the program will identify and utilize your Linux distribution’s package manager to install them.

pkexec apt install nitrogen wget -y

pkexec pacman -Sy nitrogen wget -y

pkexec dnf update --refresh -y

Storage Management

# Set the maximum size of the directory in GB
max_size_gb=9

Configuration Options

# Set the monitor resolution
monitor_resolution="1920x1080"

xrand

# Wallpaper change interval (default: 30 seconds)
change_timer="30s"

queries=(
    "quran"
    "nature"
    "technology"
    "travel"
    "islamic"
    "mosques"
    "Linux"
)

Dependencies

1. polkit - For authentication (usually pre-installed on GNOME, KDE, XFCE)
2. nitrogen - For setting wallpapers
3. wget - For downloading images

Uninstallation

# Remove the service
sudo rm -f ~/.local/bin/unsplash_krafi_wallpaper_generator
sudo rm -f ~/.config/autostart/unsplash_krafi_wallpaper_generator.desktop

# Remove downloaded photos
sudo rm -rf ~/Pictures/Wallpapers@krafi.info/

Conclusion

Thank you for using!