Shortcuts will change the mouse cursor, but clicking on a link does nothing. If you use my example, move the mouse towards the top of the screen. It uses the name as a folder name and two wallpapers cannot be in the same folder. NOTE: Be sure to always use a thumbnail of some sort. Our last option to make is a wallpaper from a website. Select to change the Wallpaper and choose your newly created masterpiece. Copy and execute the command given on the last screen. Choose whether you want to display the date and time. Get a snapshot to use for a thumbnail for the wallpaper.īack in ‘Wallpaper Creator’, give the wallpaper a name, select video and then select the video and the thumbnail. ![]() The video loops flawlessly.ĭownload the video and you should open it to a video player that can take a snapshot of the video. The video will play over and over, so this video has no apparent beginning and ending. This is a Blue Tunnel and makes a good example of a looping video. You’ll need a video, such as the one at ‘’. Same with moving the cursor left and right. If the cursor goes up, the image moves down. You should see a window similar to Figure 2.Ī regular image will move on the screen as you move the mouse. Making Active Wallpapersīefore, when you opened your application list and typed ‘komorebi’ there were at least two apps listed. Instead of using the included wallpaper, let’s make our own. Some wallpapers that are included do move and others are static wallpapers that may show the current date and/or time. Remember to click on ‘Hide’ in the top left corner of the window to hide the configuration window. So, once you are in the tab for ‘Wallpapers’, you can select the active wallpaper you want to use. NOTE: The original Desktop wallpaper may not be restored and will require you to change it back to the original wallpaper. If you choose ‘Quit Komorebi’, then the app ends and your Desktop goes back to normal. If you select ‘Hide’, the configuration window disappears and Komorebi continues. A thing to note here, there are two options at the top left and right. You can see the two tabs ‘Wallpapers’ and ‘Preferences’. Once you have selected the third or fourth option, you can switch to the other by selecting the other tab. The last two opens the same window, but start on a different tab. The first two are easy enough to understand, paste may not always be present in the list. Right-click on the desktop and you should see at most four options: The wallpaper on the Desktop should change and your icons may move around. Let’s start with Komorebi first, before we look at making our own wallpaper.Ĭlick on ‘Komorebi’ and it should start. The two programs are ‘Komorebi’ and ‘Wallpaper Creator’. Once opened, type ‘komorebi’ and you should see at least two programs listed. You need to open your application list (this varies depending on your desktop manager). There are pre-installed wallpapers already. In most cases, the package is already installed, but it is best to make sure it is present on the system. ![]() Perform the following command: sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-libav -y The app is now installed, but you need one dependency to make everything work. NOTE: You may want to install this on a test system (virtual system) to test it before you try this on a system you use daily. Once it completes the installation, the ‘Install’ button will change to ‘Remove’. The system will prompt you for your password to install the software with Root privileges. ![]() Once the installer window opens, click on the ‘Install’ button. Once you download the ‘.deb’ file, right-click it and select ‘Open with Software Install’. Once installed, the rest is similar in configuring the wallpaper. NOTE: For the RPM, you need to install RPM Fusion and install Komorebi from RPM Sphere. At the time of writing this article, the current version is 2.1. You can find the Ubuntu ‘.deb’ file at ‘ ’. ![]() Keep in mind, there are RPM packages available for Fedora. The Komorebi program is available for Ubuntu as a ‘.deb’ file. Which means you can have wallpaper that is visually interactive. What Komorebi is, is a program to allow for active desktop wallpaper. This can paint a beautiful picture in the imagination. Komorebi (koh-moh-rey-bee) is Japanese for the light that filters through the leaves of the trees.
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