Wallpapoz -- Gnome Desktop Wallpapers Configuration Tool

Wallpapoz 0.4.1 is here! New version of Wallpapoz has many features. It supports i18n. The available translations are Indonesian, Japanese, Deutsch, Swedish, French and Spanish. It works in Beryl/Compiz session. The GUI is redone (conforming more to Gnome HIG). More complex tree operations (cut, copy, and paste) are added. You can add a directory of wallpapers (even recursive!). Grab it .

Breaking News

20 July 2008, I think this is sad news for you. I decided to postpone the development of new version of Wallpapoz for a very long time. Well, this sentence is a soft version of this sentence: I quit developing Wallpapoz. Many users ask many improvements (symbolic links, tighten integration with beryl/compiz, dual monitor support, etc) for Wallpapoz. I do not have enough willing to do the job because Wallpapoz version 0.4.1 is already good enough to do the job. I developed Wallpapoz in my colleague years. I had plenty of times back at the time. But things have changed now. I am sorry, folks.

If there is someone who want to do the job, just tell me. I will give svn access.

I just want to say that Wallpapoz has given me good times. I have received many emails (more than 90 emails) about Wallpapoz from asking features and thank you email. I am very happy to know that Wallpapoz has helped many people.

Thank you!

Akbar

Wallpapoz application enables you to configure Gnome desktop wallpapers in unique way. You could have Gnome desktop wallpaper changes when the specified time has passed. The most important feature is you could have Gnome desktop wallpaper changes when you change workspace. It means you could group your wallpapers into specific workspace. It offers quick orientation cues where you are. You can manage it so when you change to first workspace, your desktop wallpaper will be picked from wallpapers group for that workspace. When you change to second workspace, it will be picked from wallpapers group for second workspace. So you could have situation like this. You change to third workspace and you will get cartoon desktop wallpaper (wallpapers group for that workspace consists of cartoon wallpapers only). You change to fourth workspace and you will get abstract desktop wallpaper (wallpapers group for that workspace consists of abstract wallpapers only). I think you get the idea. Off course you can disable this feature if you just want your desktop wallpaper changes when the specified time (specified by you) has passed and does not change when you change workspace.

Wallpapoz application consist of two programs. First is "wallpapoz". "wallpapoz" is the program to make the configuration file. What wallpapers do you want to use? It just like that. So before doing anything else, run this program first. The file configuration is located in $HOME/.wallpapoz/ .wallpapoz.xml. Although you can edit the file with text editor, I don't recommend it. If the file is corrupted, then remove it first before run "wallpapoz" again. Don't run "wallpapoz" if the file is corrupted.

"daemon_wallpapoz" is the "real" program it self. The program will read the configuration file and will change the wallpaper if you change the work- space or the specified time has passed (depended on your options in configuration file).

You can run the "daemon_wallpapoz" from "wallpapoz" program. You can terminate it too from there.