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Download The Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander Community Wallpapers

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander community wallpapers have landed in Saucy recently. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The wallpaper pack comes with 18 elegant images, including 3 cool salamander wallpapers:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/163_by_e4v.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMYsgnlu6-UxGIDnDIFEdhXdGGaALRYgCAJca4uW7pSXDksG8jaeVMNkFDHlcANZUHZQ8jgutpq43E80WH0m_cm2a5aTVa-gKNZrCrGq5UQxhSd8EzGjbsZ9Su5QpNTFISQlct4qF4Ik/s320/163_by_e4v.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Salamander_by_Lucas_Romero_Di_Benedetto.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Salamander_by_Lucas_Romero_Di_Benedetto_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Cyclotron_by_cyclotron_beam.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Cyclotron_by_cyclotron_beam_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Gota_D%27%C3%A1gua_by_Eiti_Kimura.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Gota_D'água_by_Eiti_Kimura_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Grass_by_Jeremy_Hill.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Grass_by_Jeremy_Hill_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/I_am_a_Saucy_Salamander..._by_Juan_Pablo_Lauriente.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/I_am_a_Saucy_Salamander..._by_Juan_Pablo_Lauriente_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Mountains_by_JamesPickles.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Mountains_by_JamesPickles_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Mr._Tau_and_The_Tree_-_by_TJ.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Mr._Tau_and_The_Tree_-_by_TJ_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Nylon_Rainbow_by_Sam_Hewitt.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Nylon_Rainbow_by_Sam_Hewitt_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Oak_by_Lyle_Nel.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Oak_by_Lyle_Nel_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Saucy_Salamander_Abstract_by_Jos%C3%A9_Vera_alcivar.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Saucy_Salamander_Abstract_by_José_Vera_alcivar_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Savannah_Lilian_Blot_by_a_Blot_on_the_landscape.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Savannah_Lilian_Blot_by_a_Blot_on_the_landscape_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Taxus_baccata_by_baubusiukas.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Taxus_baccata_by_baubusiukas_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/The_City_of_Polen_by_MilanVankovski.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/The_City_of_Polen_by_MilanVankovski_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/THE_%27OUT%27_STANDING_by_ydristi.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/THE_'OUT'_STANDING_by_ydristi_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Thingvellir_by_pattersa.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Thingvellir_by_pattersa_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Untitled_by_Garazi_Unzueta.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Untitled_by_Garazi_Unzueta_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Water_Lily_by_Denis_Dugushkin.jpg" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander wallpapers" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/Water_Lily_by_Denis_Dugushkin_thumb.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-unity/+archive/daily-build/+build/4901205/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers-saucy_13.04.0%2B13.10.20130823-0ubuntu1_all.deb">Download Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander community wallpapers</a></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The pack is available as a .deb and you can either install it or simply extract it, then look for the wallpapers under <i>usr/share/backgrounds</i> (inside the extracted folder).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alternatively, if you want to download all the Ubuntu community wallpapers from Karmic to Saucy, get them from <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/13.04.0+13.10.20130823-0ubuntu1/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers_13.04.0+13.10.20130823.orig.tar.gz">HERE</a>.</div>

Download The Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander Community Wallpapers

The Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander community wallpapers have landed in Saucy recently. The wallpaper pack comes with 18 elegant images, inclu...

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Download The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Community Wallpapers

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers have been revealed today. They haven't landed in Ubuntu 13.04 by default yet but if you can't wait to use them, you can download them already.</b></div><br />The pack comes with 13 gorgeous wallpapers, most of which are beautiful nature pictures and of course, there's also a cool ringtail wallpaper:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zP-CE-TCnZQ/UUh4kurT75I/AAAAAAAAOn8/a4vq0PeE-_0/s1600/Cacomixtle+Ubunten-o+by+Carlos+and+Paula+Morales.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zP-CE-TCnZQ/UUh4kurT75I/AAAAAAAAOn8/a4vq0PeE-_0/s320/Cacomixtle+Ubunten-o+by+Carlos+and+Paula+Morales.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmKWjJvfj7U/UUh4kAZGyfI/AAAAAAAAOnw/wLx2Bfu5OSs/s1600/Blue+frost+by+ppaabblloo77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmKWjJvfj7U/UUh4kAZGyfI/AAAAAAAAOnw/wLx2Bfu5OSs/s320/Blue+frost+by+ppaabblloo77.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BMbEIrd0nE/UUh4kHLqkdI/AAAAAAAAOn0/C5PvsNZhPtE/s1600/Begonia+by+fatpoint21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6BMbEIrd0nE/UUh4kHLqkdI/AAAAAAAAOn0/C5PvsNZhPtE/s320/Begonia+by+fatpoint21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-auMf3ZouOK8/UUh4kHyGAOI/AAAAAAAAOn4/wivkEc6wksY/s1600/Brother+typewriter+by+awdean1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-auMf3ZouOK8/UUh4kHyGAOI/AAAAAAAAOn4/wivkEc6wksY/s320/Brother+typewriter+by+awdean1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NIoo92LxzIs/UUh4lKZwhaI/AAAAAAAAOoA/NQCXQNHHwOI/s1600/Fleurs+de+Prunus+2-4+by+Je-ro-me+Boivin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NIoo92LxzIs/UUh4lKZwhaI/AAAAAAAAOoA/NQCXQNHHwOI/s320/Fleurs+de+Prunus+2-4+by+Je-ro-me+Boivin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZCTGFy3Rs0/UUh4lnco95I/AAAAAAAAOoM/PXl6NlYy888/s1600/Landing+by+Nic+Dahlquist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZCTGFy3Rs0/UUh4lnco95I/AAAAAAAAOoM/PXl6NlYy888/s320/Landing+by+Nic+Dahlquist.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C0ScghF34Lc/UUh4lfQwxlI/AAAAAAAAOoQ/MvpFDA2ffVc/s1600/La+Gomera+by+Alfonso+Aguirre+Arbex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C0ScghF34Lc/UUh4lfQwxlI/AAAAAAAAOoQ/MvpFDA2ffVc/s320/La+Gomera+by+Alfonso+Aguirre+Arbex.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O9-CZvYQJcw/UUh4l-6QFhI/AAAAAAAAOoY/ZWoK14eP9RQ/s1600/Last+breath+by+Francisco+Javier+Epinoza+Pe-rez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O9-CZvYQJcw/UUh4l-6QFhI/AAAAAAAAOoY/ZWoK14eP9RQ/s320/Last+breath+by+Francisco+Javier+Epinoza+Pe-rez.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLgVbJOHqF0/UUh4nNWsMxI/AAAAAAAAOok/Oo-oFBMEo7s/s1600/Stop+the+light+by+Mato+Rachela.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kLgVbJOHqF0/UUh4nNWsMxI/AAAAAAAAOok/Oo-oFBMEo7s/s320/Stop+the+light+by+Mato+Rachela.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr2q9-mpUtc/UUh4mgDGuBI/AAAAAAAAOow/_3P_PDJckKQ/s1600/Morning+Sun+on+Frost-Covered+Leaves+by+Gary+A+Stafford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr2q9-mpUtc/UUh4mgDGuBI/AAAAAAAAOow/_3P_PDJckKQ/s320/Morning+Sun+on+Frost-Covered+Leaves+by+Gary+A+Stafford.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yB-fyD1rEQI/UUh4nopfonI/AAAAAAAAOo0/AaBq_wXHKK8/s1600/Trazo+solitario+by+Julio+Diliegros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yB-fyD1rEQI/UUh4nopfonI/AAAAAAAAOo0/AaBq_wXHKK8/s320/Trazo+solitario+by+Julio+Diliegros.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xSUAcYeb9gw/UUh4maCd9vI/AAAAAAAAOo4/xdw1S_L-vJI/s1600/Leftover+by+Sagar+Jain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="160" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xSUAcYeb9gw/UUh4maCd9vI/AAAAAAAAOo4/xdw1S_L-vJI/s320/Leftover+by+Sagar+Jain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zdkxOgiHNxQ/UUh4oXWDT-I/AAAAAAAAOpA/PSZOzh0rcF4/s1600/Winter+Fog+by+Daniel+Vesterskov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail wallpapers" border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zdkxOgiHNxQ/UUh4oXWDT-I/AAAAAAAAOpA/PSZOzh0rcF4/s320/Winter+Fog+by+Daniel+Vesterskov.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The images above are small and for presentation purposes only. These wallpapers should land in Ubuntu 13.04 soon but if you don't want to wait, you can<b> download the full-size Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers from here:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/+bug/1157151/+attachment/3583148/+files/1304%20wallpapers%20V2%20-%20update.zip">Download Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers </a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In case the link stops working, you should be able to get a working download link via <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/+bug/1157151">THIS</a> bug report.</div><br /><br /><b>Update: these wallpapers are now available by default in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/13-04-wallpapers-submitted/">hungfu</a></i></div>

Download The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Community Wallpapers

The Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail community wallpapers have been revealed today. They haven't landed in Ubuntu 13.04 by default yet but i...

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Get The Ubuntu Phone OS Welcome Screen On Android As A Live Wallpaper

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu Live Wallpaper is a new Android live wallpaper designed to look like the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/ubuntu-for-phones-announced.html">Ubuntu Phone OS</a> welcome screen:</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-phone-os-live-wallpaper.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu Phone OS live wallpaper for Android" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-phone-os-live-wallpaper_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ubuntu Phone OS live wallpaper for Android</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-phone-welcome-screen.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ubuntu Phone OS welcome screen" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-phone-welcome-screen_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ubuntu Phone OS<b><br /></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">"<i>If you can wait no more, we have small substitute for your Android phone! You can enjoy a live wallpaper that is similar to Ubuntu Phone ‘Welcome Screen’ from Canonical</i>" says the Ubuntu Live Wallpaper description.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The wallpaper is available for both phones and tablets and features an animated background and system clock integration, but more features are expected in future releases, such as battery integration as well as performance improvements.</div><br /><b>Get Ubuntu Live Wallpaper via <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kivano.ubuntulwp&feature=md">Google Play</a>:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Ubuntu Live Wallpaper qr code" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-live-wallpaper-qr.png" /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/101912980608854649615/102143326274783990966/posts">+Daniel Sobolewski</a> for the <a href="https://plus.google.com/b/101912980608854649615/102143326274783990966/posts/Xhg4bigbznU?cfem=1">tip</a>!</i></div>

Get The Ubuntu Phone OS Welcome Screen On Android As A Live Wallpaper

Ubuntu Live Wallpaper is a new Android live wallpaper designed to look like the Ubuntu Phone OS welcome screen: Ubuntu Phone OS live wallpa...

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Variety Wallpaper Changer Sees New Release

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://peterlevi.com/variety/">Variety</a>, a cool <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/keep-yout-desktop-fresh-with-variety.html">wallpaper changer</a> that works with most desktop environments (KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Unity, GNOME Shell, Cinnamon or Pantheon), has reached version 0.4.12.</b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/variety-wallpaper-changer.png"><img alt="Variety wallpaper changer" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/variety-wallpaper-changer_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><b>Changes in Variety 0.4.12:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li><b>quotes support</b> - Variety can fetch quotes from QuotesDaddy and display them on top of the desktop. The quotes are highly customizable: you can change the text color, backdrop color, font, transparency, shadow, placement, and you can also filter quotes by tags or authors or set the interval between quotes</li><li><b>customizable appindicator icon</b>: you can now select between dark and light appindicator icons but not only that. In the latest Variety, you can also use the current wallpaper to be used as an indicator icon (so the icon changes with the wallpaper). The icon can also be hidden in which case you can control Variety via keyboard shortcuts or using the Unity quicklists</li><li>the option to display a digital clock on top of the wallpaper has been enhanced: <b>both the clock and the date font can be customized</b> (the typeface as well as the font size)</li><li>Preferences take effect immediately</li><li>Support for XMP/EXIF image ratings</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/variety-quotes.png"><img alt="Variety wallpaper changer - quotes" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/variety-quotes_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br />For those not familiar with Variety, here's a quick feature list:<br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>should work under KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Unity, GNOME Shell, Cinnamon or Pantheon (elementary OS)</li><li>can automatically download wallpaper from Flickr, Wallbase.cc, Wallpapers.net as well as NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.</li><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 />Below you can see the latest Variety 0.4.12 in action:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="280" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54322138?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/54322138">Direct video link</a></center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Variety wallpaper changer</h2><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 Ubuntu 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 />Arch Linux users can get Variety wallpaper changer via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63454">AUR</a>.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, the Variety source code can be downloaded via <a href="https://launchpad.net/variety/+download">Launchpad</a>.

Variety Wallpaper Changer Sees New Release

Variety , a cool wallpaper changer that works with most desktop environments (KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Unity, GNOME Shell, Cinnamon or Pantheon), h...

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Keep Your Desktop Fresh With Variety Wallpaper Changer

<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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New Default Wallpaper Lands In Ubuntu 12.10

<div style="text-align: justify;">A new default wallpaper has landed in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and even though it uses the same colors as the previous default wallpapers, this one isn't just a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/ubuntu-1204-default-wallpaper-revealed.html">slightly modified</a> version of the previous backgrounds, like we were used to:</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-96JKGB9xMe8/UE9a7mW5QWI/AAAAAAAAKEg/nncDIqdsrFU/s2000/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-96JKGB9xMe8/UE9a7mW5QWI/AAAAAAAAKEg/nncDIqdsrFU/s500/warty-final-ubuntu.jpg" title="ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using Ubuntu 12.10, you can download the full-size Ubuntu 12.10 default wallpaper from <a href="http://ubuntuone.com/2vhcLaJIstadZLnLl4I0dH">HERE</a> (save it as .jpg).</div><br />What do you think?<br /><br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-community.html">Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Community Wallpapers Revealed</a></i>

New Default Wallpaper Lands In Ubuntu 12.10

A new default wallpaper has landed in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and even though it uses the same colors as the previous default wallpaper...

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Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Community Wallpapers Revealed

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The package that comes with the winning wallpapers for the Quantal wallpaper contest has just uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal repositories.</b></div><br />Here are the 12 winning wallpapers:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6N5P6q5O6ok/UD_VetwMKwI/AAAAAAAAJ0Y/hpbM8bZV_I4/s1920/A_Little_Quetzal_by_vgerasimov.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6N5P6q5O6ok/UD_VetwMKwI/AAAAAAAAJ0Y/hpbM8bZV_I4/s320/A_Little_Quetzal_by_vgerasimov.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r3MG5L2W8xg/UD_VfHViE8I/AAAAAAAAJ0g/PWhPqfQJD4U/s1920/Below_Clouds_by_kobinho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r3MG5L2W8xg/UD_VfHViE8I/AAAAAAAAJ0g/PWhPqfQJD4U/s320/Below_Clouds_by_kobinho.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rgqQ1tcpICg/UD_VgKiDjRI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/LlDby1d2YRI/s1920/Blue_Dandelion_by_Jaorizabal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rgqQ1tcpICg/UD_VgKiDjRI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/LlDby1d2YRI/s320/Blue_Dandelion_by_Jaorizabal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O4GRF6_bmFU/UD_Vg9nNgTI/AAAAAAAAJ0w/U2SX6i8So3A/s1920/Cairn_by_Sylvain_Naudin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O4GRF6_bmFU/UD_Vg9nNgTI/AAAAAAAAJ0w/U2SX6i8So3A/s320/Cairn_by_Sylvain_Naudin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vrRluCY7Evs/UD_VhruIbVI/AAAAAAAAJ04/O498xnjomFQ/s1920/Early_Morning_by_Robert_Katzki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vrRluCY7Evs/UD_VhruIbVI/AAAAAAAAJ04/O498xnjomFQ/s320/Early_Morning_by_Robert_Katzki.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qhXpbE85lA/UD_Vil2d2-I/AAAAAAAAJ1A/QznWPAgj8eE/s1920/Frozen_by_fernando_garcila_redondo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qhXpbE85lA/UD_Vil2d2-I/AAAAAAAAJ1A/QznWPAgj8eE/s320/Frozen_by_fernando_garcila_redondo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VdpkrFmpPs/UD_VjMxa9jI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/oBrHcKTmWz0/s1920/Gran_Canaria_by_ALF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VdpkrFmpPs/UD_VjMxa9jI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/oBrHcKTmWz0/s320/Gran_Canaria_by_ALF.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mM0p5RaRlk4/UD_VkD7LgoI/AAAAAAAAJ1Q/XQWicMZp-K4/s1920/Green_Plant_by_Simon_Schlegl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mM0p5RaRlk4/UD_VkD7LgoI/AAAAAAAAJ1Q/XQWicMZp-K4/s320/Green_Plant_by_Simon_Schlegl.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f92xzwfMxDg/UD_Vk09l-MI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/hh9G7RKYdjM/s1920/H_by_Manuel_Sagredo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f92xzwfMxDg/UD_Vk09l-MI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/hh9G7RKYdjM/s320/H_by_Manuel_Sagredo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tu8zVbiKvMg/UD_VlVfda_I/AAAAAAAAJ1g/R7xyWsoIskc/s1920/Pantano_de_Orellana_by_mgarciaiz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tu8zVbiKvMg/UD_VlVfda_I/AAAAAAAAJ1g/R7xyWsoIskc/s320/Pantano_de_Orellana_by_mgarciaiz.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5nds97be7g/UD_VmIyMYxI/AAAAAAAAJ1o/fq9Ek_lf5o0/s1920/Roof_Tiles_by_Finn_Sturdy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T5nds97be7g/UD_VmIyMYxI/AAAAAAAAJ1o/fq9Ek_lf5o0/s320/Roof_Tiles_by_Finn_Sturdy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EqqcYE2ZEo/UD_Vmx-_AzI/AAAAAAAAJ1w/6_1uE0uW0Xo/s1920/Vanishing_by_James_Wilson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EqqcYE2ZEo/UD_Vmx-_AzI/AAAAAAAAJ1w/6_1uE0uW0Xo/s320/Vanishing_by_James_Wilson.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you're not using  Ubuntu 12.10, you can download the wallpapers from <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/0.35.1/+build/3763395/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers-quantal_0.35.1_all.deb">HERE</a> (deb - you don't have to install it, you can simply extract it), or, you can <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/ubuntu-wallpapers_0.35.1.tar.gz">download all the Ubuntu community wallpapers</a> from Ubuntu Karmic to Quantal.</div>

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Community Wallpapers Revealed

The package that comes with the winning wallpapers for the Quantal wallpaper contest has just uploaded to the Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal r...

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