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A changing wallpaper for Linux (tested on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick). Size is 1366x768 (my desktop)

Instructions:
-copy the file to a directory where it won't bother you
-extract the files
-inside a terminal, cd into the folder that was created with the new files
-run "sh ./install" (without the quotes)

...and that should be it. You should now have a wallpaper that changes throughout the day. The images were borrowed from several online sources, and the xml script was borrowed from the All Day Long animated wallpaper found on gnome-look.org, by Edgar Rene Flores Balcazar.

I hope you enjoy it.
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~yetanotheranon Dec 26, 2012
For newer distros, (based on [link]); after you run the install script, you can manually set the XML wallpaper with the following command in the terminal window:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///path/to/A_Day_in_the_Life.xml'


Where /path/to/ is the path to your A_Day_in_the_Life.xml file.
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~yetanotheranon Dec 26, 2012
For newer distros, try this command in the terminal window:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///path/to/aDayInThelife_barid42/A_Day_in_the_Life.xml'

(where the install script placed the aDayInThelife_barid42/A_Day_in_the_Life.xml file)
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~misiii Aug 24, 2012
awesome!
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*iAspie May 9, 2012  Student Photographer
How do I get this to work with Ubuntu 12.04: Precise Pangolin?
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Mood: Optimism ~Hoeshle Apr 25, 2012
I'll try this out as soon as I've got Linux installed again!
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~Railias Jan 10, 2012
with gnome 3 you can use the following:

[link]
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~MikeyDoomy Jul 12, 2011
I followed your instructions perfectly, being a Ubuntu user since 9.04 was released, and am now running 11.04 with classic desktop, I ran the install.sh and it said the background was set, but nothing on my desktop changed?
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~kostisth Jun 27, 2011
hey any idea how this can work on xubuntu?
i tried it and nothing happened....
i had it on ubuntu but now i can't use it on xubuntu :(
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Mood: Love ~Malusina Jun 22, 2011
Hermoso
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~kadai Jun 22, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Hey, your work got featured on a TV program named "Fr@tal", of a mexican channel named "ForoTV". I have not found the video, but it was a few minutes ago.
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