Setup Wallpaper Slideshow

If you are tired of fixed wallpapers and want to add some life to your desktop, you can set up a wallpaper slideshow in AnduinOS. This feature allows you to automatically change your wallpaper at regular intervals, giving your desktop a fresh look every time you log in.

How to enable wallpaper slideshow?

If you want to enable wallpaper slideshow, you can use the following script to set up a wallpaper slideshow on your system.

Setup wallpaper slideshow (Every 30 minutes)

mkdir -p ~/.local
mkdir -p ~/Pictures/Wallpapers
cat << 'EOF' > ~/.local/slide.sh
#!/bin/bash
DIR="/home/$USER/Pictures/Wallpapers"
FILE=$(find $DIR -type f \( -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.png' -o -name '*.jpeg' -o -name '*.bmp' \) -print0 | shuf -n1 -z)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri      "file://$FILE"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri-dark "file://$FILE"
EOF
chmod +x ~/.local/slide.sh
(crontab -l ; echo "*/30 * * * * ~/.local/slide.sh") | crontab -

Don't forget to replace ~/Pictures/Wallpapers with the path to the directory containing your wallpapers!

And the script switches the wallpaper every 30 minutes. If you want to change the interval, you can modify the */30 part in the script.

Or even easier, you can install this gnome extension: wallpaper--switcher, which allows you to set up a wallpaper slideshow through the GNOME Shell.