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A simple Gnome-Shell Extension for an automatic background-image (wallpaper) slideshow.

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This is a fork of original BackSlide extension with Gnome Shell 45 support

BackSlide

A simple Gnome-Shell Extension for an automatic background-image (wallpaper) slideshow.

Screenshots

The Widget:

Widget Screenshot

The preferences page to manage the image list.

Preferences Screenshot

(Wallpapers not included)

Installation

The extension should be installed from the official extension repository. It can be found here: Install

Manual installation

If you need to "install" the extension manually, you'll need the following utilities:

  • git
  • glib-compile-schemas
  • gnome-tweak-tool (Optional)

The packages which include the above tools may vary across different Linux distributions. Check your distributions wiki/package list to find the most suitable package for you.

There are multiple stable branches, depending on the version of GnomeShell you're running. Check the DEVELOPMENT.md-file for information on those branches. To build the extension, follow these steps:

:::bash
# Clone the repository (you might already did this!)
git clone https://gitlab.com/p91paul/BackSlide.git BackSlide
cd BackSlide
  # EXAMPLE: Build for an older GnomeShell version
  git checkout gnome-3.8 # ONLY if you need to!
# "Compile" the settings-schema:
glib-compile-schemas backslide\@codeisland.org/schemas/
# Copy the files over to the local extension directory:
cp -r backslide\@codeisland.org/ ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

Afterwards, you can activate the extension either by using the gnome-tweak-tool or at extensions.gnome.org/local

Settings

All settings can be changed from the gnome-shell-extension-prefs-tool or from the command line. Although you can set them using the dconf-tool, using the frontend/widget is preferred!.

  • Delay (in minutes) between wallpaper changes: (default: 5)

dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/backslide/delay 15

  • Whether or not the wallpaper-list should be shuffled (default: true)

dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/backslide/random true|false

  • The List of wallpapers as a string-array of absolute, unix-styled path's: (default: [])

dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/backslide/image-list "['/path/to/picture.png', '/another/pic.png']"

  • The already elapsed time (in minutes) from the last interval (default: 0)

dconf write /org/gnome/shell/extensions/backslide/elapsed-time 0

Settings changed, using the dconf-tool will apply, after the extension is restarted.

Troubleshooting

Changing background hangs/freezes the system

Some users have been experiencing short freezes while changing background. If it happens to you, try setting this gnome preference (see https://gitlab.com/p91paul/BackSlide/-/issues/68):

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop background-fade false

Contribute

If you are a developer/translator and you want to contribute to BackSlide, make sure to read "DEVELOPMENT.md" or "TRANSLATION.md" respectively.

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