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Variety For Linux

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A wallpaper changer utility for your GNU/Linux operating system, designed for Ubuntu. #Wallpaper changer  #Change wallpaper  #Desktop background manager  #Wallpaper  #Background  #Manager  

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Variety is an open source and completely free Linux application that can be used by anyone who wants a flexible and feature rich utility for automatically changing the desktop background (popularly known as wallpaper) of their GNU/Linux distribution.

Designed for Ubuntu and its derivatives (Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu or Linux Mint), the application integrates into the indicator area of your desktop environment (Unity, Cinnamon and MATE are supported at this time) and automatically changes the wallpaper every five minutes.

Variety can be installed from Softpedia using the native installer for Debian/Ubuntu-based distribution or from by adding the PPA repository, which will keep the application updated in the future, or by searching it in the Software Center of your operating system.

After installation, you can start the software from the main menu of your desktop environment (it’s located in the Accessories menu). Users will be prompted by a welcome screen that notifies them about the location of the software in the system tray area.

That’s it! The application will automatically change the desktop background at regular intervals. You can change the default interval of five minutes by clicking on the tray icon and accessing its Preferences dialog.

Variety can download wallpapers from the Internet, but you can also supply a local folder filled with all your favorite backgrounds. You can manually change wallpapers using your mouse wheel over the tray icon, as well as to pause and resume the application at any time.

Another interesting feature is the ability to apply various filters to wallpapers, such as heavy blurring, charcoal painting or oil painting, so you will always have a unique and fresh desktop environment.

While the application has been successfully tested under Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Xubuntu 12.04, Lubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu 12.04, and Linux Mint 13 by its developer, we can report that it will work any other Linux kernel-based operating system where one of the supported desktop environments are available, including Arch Linux. Both 32-bit and 64-bit computer architectures are supported at this time.

What's new in Variety 0.5.2:

  • More logging by default, no need for -v argument.
  • Missing XDG directory definitions were causing Variety to fail. Fixed now.
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Variety 0.5.2

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