Tip: Automatically change/rotate desktop wallpapers

[blnchflr]

Somebody once lied (or, more likely, was ignorant) and told me that you couldn't automatically change/rotate your desktop wallpaper in Linux.

Being silly, I took them on their word and didn't investigate further. Silly, because this is Linux, there's programs for everything :oD !

So, if like me you've always wanted a program to change your wallpaper automatically on every start-up, or even rotate it at regular intervals, let me recommend DesktopNova! (It's in the repository, if you're using Ubuntu).

It's very simple to use, which also means very simple functions, but it gets the job done. (There's another program, Drapes, also in the Ubuntu repositories, which apparently has more complex functions, but on the downside, it's pretty impossible to get to run smoothly in 10.10).

( Screenshot of Settings window )

As for how the wallpapers are shown (zoom/scaled/what-have-you), that follows your default settings for background images.