{"id":7939,"date":"2018-07-14T17:22:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T17:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2018-07-14T17:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T17:22:25","slug":"4-wallpaper-changer-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/07\/4-wallpaper-changer-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Best Automatic Wallpaper Changer For Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wallpaperchanger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7940\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for how to create desktop slideshow in Ubuntu 18.04? Here I&#8217;ll show you some best wallpaper changing software for Ubuntu Linux.<\/p>\n<h4>1. Shotwell<\/h4>\n<p>For just the <b>basic<\/b> automatic wallpaper changing feature, you don&#8217;t need to install any software.<\/p>\n<p>Just launch the pre-installed <b>Shotwell<\/b> photo manager, choose the pictures you need (you may need to import them first), then go to <b>Files -> Set as Desktop Slideshow<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-as-desktop-slideshow.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-as-desktop-slideshow-600x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-as-desktop-slideshow-600x331.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-as-desktop-slideshow-450x249.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-as-desktop-slideshow-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/set-as-desktop-slideshow.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally set the time interval in next dialog and done!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/time-internal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"263\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7943\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>2. Wallch<\/h4>\n<p>Wallch was my favorite wallpaper changing software though it&#8217;s not under active development. Besides changing local wallpapers, Wallch also features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Display live earth as desktop background.<\/li>\n<li>Download and display picture of the day (wikipedia).<\/li>\n<li>Wallpaper clocks<\/li>\n<li>Live website as desktop background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wallch can be easily installed in Ubuntu Software:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wallch-wallpaperchanger-600x376.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wallch-wallpaperchanger-600x376.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wallch-wallpaperchanger-450x282.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wallch-wallpaperchanger-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wallch-wallpaperchanger.jpg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>3. Variety<\/h4>\n<p>Variety is an open-source wallpaper changer that use local images or automatically download wallpapers from Unsplash and other online sources, allows you to rotate them on a regular interval, and provides easy ways to separate the great images from the junk. Variety can also display wise and funny quotations or a nice digital clock on the desktop.<\/p>\n<p>Variety can be easily installed in Ubuntu Software. For the latest release, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlevi.com\/variety\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/variety-wallpaper-changer-600x419.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/variety-wallpaper-changer-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/variety-wallpaper-changer-450x315.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/variety-wallpaper-changer-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/variety-wallpaper-changer.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>4. Wallpaper Downloader<\/h4>\n<p>This is a wallpaper downloading software that automatically downloads pictures from Devianart, Bing daily wallpaper, Wallhaven.cc, etc., with given keywords, resolution, time interval. And of course, it provides ability to change wallpaper every x minute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitbucket.org\/eloy_garcia_pca\/wallpaperdownloader\" target=\"_blank\">Wallpaper Downloader<\/a> can be installed easily in Ubuntu Software.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WallpaperDownloader-600x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WallpaperDownloader-600x385.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WallpaperDownloader-450x289.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/WallpaperDownloader.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are the applications that I&#8217;ve ever used to create desktop slideshows in Ubuntu desktop. <\/p>\n<p>If you know any other great wallpaper changing software, feel free to tell me in the comment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for how to create desktop slideshow in Ubuntu 18.04? Here I&#8217;ll show you some best wallpaper changing software for Ubuntu Linux. 1. Shotwell For just the basic automatic wallpaper changing feature, you don&#8217;t need to install any software. Just launch the pre-installed Shotwell photo manager, choose the pictures you need (you may need to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[579,1097,1529],"class_list":["post-7939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-app-review","tag-desktop-slideshow","tag-wallpaper-changer","tag-wallpaper-downloader"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939","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=7939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}