![]() ![]() I normally use Pipes as my screensaver (XScreensaver), but it would be nice to have your Slideshow as a replacement screensaver. None of my pictures are larger than 880 pixels vertically with the corresponding reduction horizontally. I only have one monitor, which is natively set to 1600×900. In windowed mode (either normal or maximized) an ESC or Alt-F4 will exit indeed, as well as clicking the “X” closure button on the title bar. In Variety, I use four other directories and NOT the Favorites directory, so that will work out fine. Since I am not using my “Favorites” directory for anything I will copy some of my pictures that do render nearly correctly into that directory and set Slideshow to use that exclusively. If posting articles about Variety Slideshow, please make sure to link to this page AND also to the donation page. If Variety and Variety Slideshow make you happy, please don’t forget that they run on enthusiasm fueled by donations and make a donation. Source-code is hosted in GitHub, contributions are welcome. And when both packages are present, you get the configuration UI in Variety’s preferences. The package for Variety “recommends” variety-slideshow, so Variety also does not strictly depend on the slideshow being present, but apt-get will install it by default when you install Variety. Thus you don’t get a configuration UI but the command-line interface is pretty good. Variety and Variety Slideshow are separate packages ( variety, variety-slideshow), so the slideshow can be installed as a standalone application even if you don’t have Variety. I decided for a more modular approach this time. ![]() Or just download and install the deb files directly from the PPA: Separate packages Sudo apt-get install variety variety-slideshow To install, either do this: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:variety/next I have deployed it into the ppa:variety/next repository – this is the PPA I use for testing out new experimental features of Variety. It runs well on my machine, but before I release it officially, I’d like more people to give it a try and give feedback on how it performs, whether the dependencies installed OK on your machine, etc. ![]() Variety Slideshow is now in the official PPA. To get a quick idea of what it is, just watch this 2-minute video demo: I spent some time on a new application called Variety Slideshow and decided it’s time to integrate it into Variety. Please go to the post about the 0.6.0 release. If you want this functionality when login,go to System->Preferences->Startup applications.Ĭlick on Add,and type this command in command area.NOTE: This post is outdated, as Variety Slideshow is already released in the official PPA. Now,launch a screensaver as desktop wallpaper by this command: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/screensaver_name_here -rootįollowing command lists a number of screensavers provided by the xscreensaver-data package,and you can choose one and use above command: ls /usr/lib/xscreensaver ![]() It sets the /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop setting to false,and nautilus is no longer drawing the desktop. Open a terminal emulator and type the command: gconftool-2 -type bool -set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false If you’re using gnome desktop environment in your ubuntu,there’s an interesting thing that you can make your desktop wallpaper alive by setting a screensaver as the desktop wallpaper. ![]()
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