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Variety Wallpaper Changer 0.4.15 Released With Cinnamon 1.8 And MATE 1.6 Support

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKO3elYvY3vGpuxxy5h3gOht_1UxWoVJgJcPK7T1mPVYrZEaL6OUl02ptnHigTHXH7YfSKrwRX8987hLPpv7N6EeaMUnmVFS2mf-B4OizVqbD4gC29MAjXEI5qoIJS3HW4jpiklEiZ8Y/s1600/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Variety Wallpaper Changer" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKO3elYvY3vGpuxxy5h3gOht_1UxWoVJgJcPK7T1mPVYrZEaL6OUl02ptnHigTHXH7YfSKrwRX8987hLPpv7N6EeaMUnmVFS2mf-B4OizVqbD4gC29MAjXEI5qoIJS3HW4jpiklEiZ8Y/s320/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" title="Variety Wallpaper Changer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://peterlevi.com/variety/">Variety</a> is a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/keep-yout-desktop-fresh-with-variety.html">wallpaper changer</a> that automatically downloads wallpapers </b>from sources such as <b>Wallbase, Flickr, Wallpapers.net, Desktoppr, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day</b> as well as World Sunlight Map: <b>a live Earth wallpaper</b> which changes throughout the day. Using it, you can get a new, beautiful wallpaper automatically at the interval you set in the application preferences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application supports most desktop environments: Unity, GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE and Pantheon.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Variety 0.4.15</b> has been released yesterday, bringing <b>support for the latest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/cinnamon-18-gets-its-own-control-center.html" title="Install Cinnamon 1.8 in Ubuntu">Cinnamon 1.8</a> and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/mate-16-released-install-it-in-ubuntu.html" title="Install MATE 1.6 in Ubuntu">MATE 1.6</a></b>, which are used in the two main <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/linux-mint-15-olivia-available-for.html">Linux Mint 15</a> editions. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3T3s7bakuKsdXyo_SEF9qAIianSAl4RJgX7wcA3s6eMf-sZA54DsrvptYTJqZlZndHAMVy0KVthKURSYGQfDdJWp4OX2GapirUV2i-5_xlugkyotiqIdp_ssL7QIkJiQKvLOKuhSsojo/s1600/variety-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3T3s7bakuKsdXyo_SEF9qAIianSAl4RJgX7wcA3s6eMf-sZA54DsrvptYTJqZlZndHAMVy0KVthKURSYGQfDdJWp4OX2GapirUV2i-5_xlugkyotiqIdp_ssL7QIkJiQKvLOKuhSsojo/s320/variety-lightdm.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new version also brings better support for LightDM</b>: in the Variety Preferences, on the "Customize" tab, check the box under "Login Screen Support" - this will make sure the wallpaper set by Variety will be used by LightDM login screen. LightDM automatically displays the wallpaper you set for your desktop, however, for this to work, some wallpaper permissions need to be changed; using this option, Variety does this automatically for you so the wallpaper it sets can be used by LightDM.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Variety 0.4.15 also brings many bug fixes, including a fix for the problems with the folder choosers.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Variety Wallpaper Changer in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the Variety PPA and install the application in Ubuntu, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install variety</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Variety Wallpaper Changer from <b><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63454">AUR</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b>, the Variety source code can be downloaded via <b><a href="https://launchpad.net/variety/+download">Launchpad</a></b>.</div>

Variety Wallpaper Changer 0.4.15 Released With Cinnamon 1.8 And MATE 1.6 Support

Variety is a wallpaper changer that automatically downloads wallpapers from sources such as Wallbase, Flickr, Wallpapers.net, Desktoppr, N...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-72dV0qb2gVc/UHQTHMBq9BI/AAAAAAAAKkg/mzEXR0Enftw/s1600/vriety-preview-feature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="variety wallpaper changer" border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-72dV0qb2gVc/UHQTHMBq9BI/AAAAAAAAKkg/mzEXR0Enftw/s320/vriety-preview-feature.png" title="variety wallpaper changer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://peterlevi.com/variety/">Variety</a> is a wallpaper changer application that works with most desktop environments</b> (KDE, LXDE, Xfce and Unity / GNOME Shell)<b> </b>and, besides being able to change your wallpaper automatically on an interval you set or on demand, the application <b>can automatically download wallpapers from Flickr, Wallbase.cc, Wallpapers.net as well as NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day</b>.</div><br /><b>Other Variety features:</b><br /><a name='more'></a><ul><li>Ubuntu appindicator support; you can scroll over the indicator icon to change the wallpaper</li><li>can apply fancy filters to the images: grayscale, heavy blur, oil painting, charcoal painting, pointilism, pixellate</li><li>option to display the time on the desktop, using a nice digital clock</li><li>clipboard support: can monitor the clipboard for image URLs and fetch them</li><li>more</li></ul><br />There's also a cool preview feature in the style of Google Plus - when clicking on a wallpaper source, you get to see a preview of all the available wallpapers on the bottom of the desktop (see screenshot from the beginning of the post).<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Variety 0.4.10</b> has been released recently, with new features, like support for RSS Feeds which means the application can now automatically download wallpapers from a lot more websites, including Picasa, deviantART and so on. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new version also brings a new wallpaper option: the world sunlight map, which changes throughout the day, an option to display current image source, see a list of recently downloaded images as well as command line options which is useful if you want to set up a script or use some custom keyboard shortcuts, etc.</div><br />Watch Variety in action in the video below:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/50978057" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://vimeo.com/50978057">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are quite a few wallpaper changer apps out there, but Variety stands out with its impressive feature list and ease of use. It doesn't matter if you're going to use your own wallpapers or the online features, if you want a dynamic, fresh desktop each day, try Variety!</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Variety wallpaper changer</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k3cDlCh0S6s/UHQURcSgSSI/AAAAAAAAKko/3XueVdNm9H4/s1600/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="variety wallpaper changer" border="0" height="257" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k3cDlCh0S6s/UHQURcSgSSI/AAAAAAAAKko/3XueVdNm9H4/s320/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" title="variety wallpaper changer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Variety is available in the Ubuntu Software Center (for Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10), but the version is quite old so to install the latest version, you can use its official PPA:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install variety</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The PPA packages should also work in Linux Mint.<br /><br />Update: there is now an AUR package too so <b>Arch Linux users can install Variety from <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63454">HERE</a></b>.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, download Variety from <a href="https://launchpad.net/variety/+download">Launchpad</a>.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to Peter Levi for the tip!</i></div>

Keep Your Desktop Fresh With Variety Wallpaper Changer

Variety is a wallpaper changer application that works with most desktop environments (KDE, LXDE, Xfce and Unity / GNOME Shell) and, besid...

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