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stemd edited this page Oct 26, 2012 · 3 revisions

Webilder delivers stunning wallpapers to your Linux desktop, directly from Flickr and Webshots. You choose what keywords (tags) to watch for, and photos are automatically downloaded to your computer. Webilder can also change the wallpaper every few minutes.

Visit "Webilder official home page": http://www.webilder.org/

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Current Ubuntu, 1210 Quantal Quetzal

Yes, it works on Ubuntu 1210 Quetzal. You just need to get source from git (here), and then install.

git clone https://github.com/stemd/webilder.git

(or git clone https://github.com/thesamet/webilder.git if you do not want to be able to know name and path of current wallpaper)

and then:

sudo python setup.py install - it'll install in /usr/local or:

sudo python setup.py install -install-data=/usr to install it in /usr hierarchy.

Just run it from panel, or with Alt+F2 or from terminal with: webilder_unity_indicator

Older Ubuntu

  • Precise Pangolin 1204
  • Oneiric Ocelot 1110
  • Natty Narwhal 1104
Just run it from panel, or with Alt+F2 or from terminal with: webilder_applet

Differences from main repo

  • main repo ask of user to change desktop environment to Gnome3 manually in settings, webilder from here just works :)
  • in Gnome3/Unity menu tooltips do not work, so there is no way to find out name/path of current wallpaper. This fork have Current button in menu (at the end, under Quit) which shows nice small popup window (info messagebox) with title and path of current wallpaper.

TODO

Currently there is no:

  • Ubuntu repository
  • deb package for download
  • compressed source file for download