{"id":10001,"date":"2020-04-25T15:05:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T15:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10001"},"modified":"2020-04-25T15:05:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T15:05:06","slug":"custom-wallpaper-slideshow-ubuntu-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/04\/custom-wallpaper-slideshow-ubuntu-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Custom Wallpaper Slideshow in Ubuntu 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Want to create desktop wallpaper slideshow in Ubuntu 20.04 so it changes background wallpaper automatically with your photo images and given time interval?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This quick tip is going to show you how to easily setup a custom <i>desktop slideshow<\/i> without installing anything, though there are a few applications can do the job (e.g., wallch which is available in software center).<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> First open the pre-installed shotwell photo manager from system application menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/open-shotwell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"261\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10002\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then import your photo images via menu <b>File > Import From Folder<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Then you can easily set a custom desktop slideshow via:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>choose a selection of (Ctrl+click or Shift+click) or all photos (Ctrl+A).<\/li>\n<li>go to menu File > Set as Desktop Slideshow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/enable-slideshow.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/enable-slideshow600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/enable-slideshow600.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/enable-slideshow600-450x263.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> In next pop-up, set time interval, and click OK.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/set-timeinter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10006\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The desktop slideshow starts immediately and also automatically in next boot, until you change background wallpaper via <i>System Settings > Background<\/i>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to create desktop wallpaper slideshow in Ubuntu 20.04 so it changes background wallpaper automatically with your photo images and given time interval? This quick tip is going to show you how to easily setup a custom desktop slideshow without installing anything, though there are a few applications can do the job (e.g., wallch which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[579],"class_list":["post-10001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-desktop-slideshow"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}