variety-slideshow
A pan-and-zoom image slideshow in Python, using Clutter. Integrates nicely with Variety. (by peterlevi)
variety
Wallpaper downloader and manager for Linux systems (by varietywalls)
| variety-slideshow | variety | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 | |
| 58 | 1,100 | |
| - | 2.1% | |
| 10.0 | 6.5 | |
| over 4 years ago | about 2 months ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
variety-slideshow
Posts with mentions or reviews of variety-slideshow.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-19.
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Variety & TWMs
craig@nixosmain:~/nix-flakes % variety -nWARNING: 2023-06-19 14:23:24,449: create_menu() 'Variety Slideshow is not installed. This is an optional extension adding pan-and-zoom slideshows to Variety: see https://github.com/peterlevi/variety-slideshow for details'(variety:267185): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 14:23:24.595: gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates: assertion 'window->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failedERROR: 2023-06-19 14:23:30,811: write_metadata() 'Could not write metadata directly in file, trying json metadata: /home/craig/.config/variety/Downloaded/wallhaven_landscapes/wallhaven-g85vp3.jpg.partial'Traceback (most recent call last):File "/nix/store/k7fm8xfdzlfsqr1vxv7pw0drxd890g51-variety-0.8.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/variety/Util.py", line 464, in write_metadatam = VarietyMetadata(filename)File "/nix/store/k7fm8xfdzlfsqr1vxv7pw0drxd890g51-variety-0.8.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/variety/Util.py", line 173, in __init__super(VarietyMetadata, self).__init__(path=path)TypeError: gobject \variety+Util+VarietyMetadata' doesn't support property \path'ERROR: 2023-06-19 14:23:32,417: writemetadata() 'Could not write metadata directly in file, trying json metadata: /home/craig/.config/variety/Downloaded/wallhaven_landscapes/wallhaven-e78pvw.jpg.partial'Traceback (most recent call last):File "/nix/store/k7fm8xfdzlfsqr1vxv7pw0drxd890g51-variety-0.8.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/variety/Util.py", line 464, in write_metadatam = VarietyMetadata(filename)File "/nix/store/k7fm8xfdzlfsqr1vxv7pw0drxd890g51-variety-0.8.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/variety/Util.py", line 173, in __init_super(VarietyMetadata, self).init(path=path)TypeError: gobject `variety+Util+VarietyMetadata' doesn't support property `path'``
variety
Posts with mentions or reviews of variety.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-19.
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Rotating Wallpaper
This! https://github.com/varietywalls/variety
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Variety & TWMs
Seems like other people using variety have had the same issue of \TypeError: gobject `variety+Util+VarietyMetadata' doesn't support property `path'``, reported here and here. Might still caused by using it with nix, idk, I'm no expert in how exactly nix handles python
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different wallpaper on startup or login
Want a simple way? Variety. :)
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[Linux4Noobs] Programme de moteur de fond d’écran pour Linux?
Variété
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In search of Gnome app: Random desktop wallpaper
https://peterlevi.com/variety/ variety
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Hey! I made a small python script to periodically change the desktop background on Ubuntu 20.04LTS
This is why I found variety which does the exact same thing though it also has some config options and the option to get different images from online sources.
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Wallpaper engine on Steam Deck Desktop Mode.
There's a similar native Linux program called Variety that is likely easier to set up and use.
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Trying to fix choppy slideshow transitions on gnome wallpapaer
Any reason you don't just use variety?
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Is there an alternative to wallpaper engine on Linux for gnome
Theres also numerous Gnome extensions for Wallpapers, and I have been using this http://peterlevi.com/variety
- How can i get variety wallpaper switcher to work?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing variety-slideshow and variety you can also consider the following projects:
komorebi - A beautiful and customizable wallpapers manager for Linux
bing-wallpaper - Bing.com wallpaper for OS X, and any Unix like desktop (eg. Ubuntu).
pywal - 🎨 Generate and change color-schemes on the fly.
linux-wallpaperengine - Wallpaper Engine backgrounds for Linux!
go-unsplash - Go Client for the Unsplash API
oguri - A very nice animated wallpaper daemon for Wayland compositors
wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin - A kde wallpaper plugin integrating wallpaper engine
dynamic-wallpaper-editor - A little utility for creation or edition of GNOME desktop's XML wallpapers
komorebi - A beautiful and customisable wallpaper manager for Linux
xwinwrap - X11 Window in desktop enviroment background
paperview - A high performance X11 animated wallpaper setter
WallChanger - Simple app for automatic background change on Gnome Shell