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How do I submit wallpapers to be considered for inclusion in Ubuntu?

I take photos from time to time, and if I take an exceptionally beautiful one, I'd like to submit it for inclusion in Ubuntu. Where do I send/upload it?

Why is the default background image named "warty-final-ubuntu.png"?

Why is the default background image still named /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png?

It's not Warty,

and it's not even a PNG:

$ file /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png
/usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png: JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.02

Is there a way to shut off showing the user's wallpaper at the login screen?

I don't want to expose my wallpaper to other people who share my computer, is there a way I can disable this feature or work around it?

Where does Ubuntu store the picture that I set as my desktop?

I have a pretty picture set as my desktop background, but I've lost the original file. However, my desktop is still set to this picture. How can I get back my picture?

How do I add new wallpapers?

I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed and want to download and install additional wallpapers on my desktop.

How do I do this?

What is the building photographed in this stock wallpaper?

I'm sure I've seen a picture of the full building somewhere. The image is a blue-tinted display of the building's facade - facing into a blue sky. It's a part of the stock wallpapers in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick).

Can someone help me identify this building? I can't be the first - or the only - person to be interested in knowing.

How can I get the monitor resolution using the command line?

I would like to find a wallpaper that best suits my resolution. How can I get the resolution just by writing commands in the command line?

How to span single wallpaper over dual monitors?

I have dual monitor set up in Ubuntu 11.10. I want to have a single wallpaper spanned across both monitors. How do I do this?

Bing Picture of the Day as Desktop Wallpaper?

Can anyone help me out with how to make Bing Picture to my Desktop Wallpaper?

• So it works by downloading the highest quality of todays picture.
• Then storing it ex in the Picture folder of your account.
• After that automatically changing the picture itself.
• It should continue the same everyday without hassle in the background.
• Probably something I have to add in the Startup Applications.
• Any differences between Ubuntu versions?

-Do I have to write a script? This would be appreciated by many others too! Thank You in Advance :)

Changing login screen wallpaper

I have been trying to change my login screen wallpaper to one of my own using ubuntu-tweak. The wallpapers are located in Ubuntu's default wallpaper folder and I have given all users read privileges on them.

Now there isn't even a wallpaper left on the login screen.

How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?

How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow with my own set of images?

• With the images coming from a pictures folder, or pre-selected
• With the images displayed in order, or randomly
• With the images changing every few minutes, or after random periods of time

How do I change the wallpaper of the login screen?

I would like to set the wallpaper in the login screen (Unity Greeter), how do I do that?

Where are the Unity desktop wallpapers located?

Yes, before I ask this question I searched for a solution here and could not find a real answer. Thank you. Please see the picture below:

How do I add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter?

As the title above suggests I want to add some custom wallpapers (png images I have created myself) to the user/share/backgrounds folder in 12.04. I have completed this task.

Issue : They do NOT appear in the Desktop Appearance for selection ( I am assuming if they did appear here they would be the default background in the LightDM dynamic unity greeter. Only the "contest images" work with unity greeter. I came across the links below which are similar but to not resolve my question

How do I add new wallpapers? (Refers to 11.10 only)

How do I change the wallpaper in LightDM? (SHows only how to turn off Dynamic unity greeter and assign a fixed background for LightDM

After some thought this may also be a permissions issue. The reason for suggesting is that I copied a theme folder using sudo nautilus. The theme did not appear in "Advanced Settings" for selection. To make this theme work in Unity I copied it to ~.themes. I copied the bankgrounds using the same method

How do I install wallpapers from older releases?

I have currently installed 12.04 and I really like the wallpapers of 11.10. How do I install it in 12.04?