Are you tired of Linux desktop backgrounds and want to set up nice wallpaper, but don’t know where to find it? Don’t worry, we’re here to help you.

We all know about bing search engine, but few people use it for some reason, everyone loves bing website’s background wallpaper, it is very beautiful and amazing high resolution images.

If you want to use these images as your desktop wallpaper, you can download it manually, but it’s hard to download a new image every day and set it as your wallpaper. This is where the automatic wallpaper changes.

The Bing Wallpaper Changer automatically downloads and changes the desktop wallpaper to the bing photo of the day. All the wallpaper is stored in/home/user/Pictures/BingWallpapers /.

Method 1: Use the Utkarsh Gupta Shell script

This small Python script will automatically download and change the desktop wallpaper to the bing photo of the day. The script runs automatically when the machine starts up and works in a Gnome or Cinnamon environment on GNU/Linux. It doesn’t have to work manually, and the installer does everything for you.

As of version 2.0+, the script’s installer can act like a normal Linux binary command, requesting sudo permissions for certain tasks.

Simply clone the repository and switch to the project directory, then run a shell script to install the Bing desktop Wallpaper changer.

$ https://github.com/UtkarshGpta/bing-desktop-wallpaper-changer/archive/master.zip
$ unzip master
$ cd bing-desktop-wallpaper-changer-master

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Run installer.sh to install the Bing Desktop Wallpaper changer using the –install option. It will download and set up Bing photos for your Linux desktop.

$ ./installer.sh --install

Bing-Desktop-Wallpaper-Changer
BDWC Installer v3_beta2

GitHub: 
Contributors: 
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[sudo] password for daygeek: ******
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Where do you want to install Bing-Desktop-Wallpaper-Changer?
   Entering 'opt' or leaving input blank will install in /opt/bing-desktop-wallpaper-changer
   Entering 'home' will install in /home/daygeek/bing-desktop-wallpaper-changer
  Install Bing-Desktop-Wallpaper-Changer in (opt/home)? :Press Enter

Should we create bing-desktop-wallpaper-changer symlink to /usr/bin/bingwallpaper so you could easily execute it?
  Create symlink for easy execution, e.g. in Terminal (y/n)? : y

Should bing-desktop-wallpaper-changer needs to autostart when you log in? (Add in Startup Application)
  Add in Startup Application (y/n)? : y
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Executing bing-desktop-wallpaper-changer...


Finished!!

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To uninstall the script:

$ ./installer.sh --uninstall

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Use the help page to learn more about the options for this script.

$ ./installer.sh --help

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Method 2: Use GNOME Shell extensions

This lightweight GNOME Shell extension will change your wallpaper to Microsoft Bing wallpaper every day. It also displays a notification with the image title and explanation.

This extension is largely based on the NASA APOD extension of Elinvention and inspired by Utkarsh Gupta’s Bing Desktop WallpaperChanger.

The characteristics of

  • Get the Bing wallpaper of the day and set it to lock screen and desktop wallpaper (both are user optional)
  • Mandatory selection of a specific region (locale)
  • Automatically select the highest resolution (and most appropriate wallpaper) for multiple monitors
  • You can choose to clean the wallpaper directory after 1 to 7 days (delete the oldest)
  • Attempts to download wallpapers are made only when they are updated
  • Updates are not ongoing – only once a day and once at startup (updates are made when Bing updates)

How to install

Visit the extenisons.gnome.org website and drag the toggle button to “ON”, then click the “Install” button to Install the Bing Wallpaper GNOME extension. (LCTT not found ON button, but Download button)

When you install the Bing Wallpaper GNOME extension, it will automatically download and set up your Linux desktop’s Bing photos for the day and display notifications about the wallpaper.

The tray indicator will help you perform a few operations and also turn on Settings.

Customize the Settings according to your requirements.

Via: www.2daygeek.com/bing-deskto…

Translated by MjSeven and proofread by WXY

This article is originally compiled by LCTT and released in Linux China