How to Create Custom Wallpaper Slideshow in Ubuntu

If you are using the Gnome desktop and have played with the wallpaper (Appearance) settings, you will discover that there is an inbuilt slideshow feature that you can use to change the wallpaper at regular interval. While this is a useful feature, it is rather limited since it can only rotate among the default wallpapers and not your custom collection of wallpapers. For those who wish to create your own slideshow and don’t want to have a third-party wallpaper changing app running in the background, here’s how you can do it in Ubuntu.

By editing the xml template in the “/usr/share/backgrounds/contest” directory, you can create a slideshow with your own wallpapers. However, this is a tedious and troublesome task, especially if you have hundreds or thousands of wallpapers in your collection. A faster way is to use crebs.

Installation

There is a PPA for crebs, but it is only available for Ubuntu Natty and below.

In Ubuntu Natty,

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:crebs/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install crebs

How to install Burg boot loader in 11.10

To Install Burg in Ubuntu 11.10 Open termianl and enter the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/burg
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install burg burg-themes

Now to make BURG integrate the HardDisk enter the following command in terminal:

sudo burg-install "(hd0)"

Remember to substitute ‘hd0′ with the drive on which your MBR is installed.
Now update burg:

sudo update-burg

Finally, run the following to test and set your theme:

sudo burg-emu

Command in Burg:

Press F2 To change theme .

Press F3 to change resolution

Here are the hot-keys defined in the boot menu:

t – Open theme selection menu
f – Toggle between folding mode
n – Jump to the next item with the same class
w – Jump to the next Windows item
u – Jump to the next Ubuntu item
e – Edit the command of current boot item
c – Open a terminal window
2 – Open two terminal windows
h – Display help dialog (only available in sora theme)
i – Display about dialog (only available in sora theme)
q – Return to old grub menu
F5/ctrl-x – Finish edit
F6 – Switch window in dual terminal mode
F7 – List the folded boot items
F8 – Toggle between graphic and text mode
F9 – shutdown
F10 – reboot
ESC – quit from the current popup menu or dialog.

Aplikasi wajib pada ubuntu 11.10

Ubuntu Tweak

Add Tualatrix’s Next PPA and update source by runnging following commands in a terminal window:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/next
sudo apt-get update

Then, to install the old stable Ubuntu Tweak in Ubuntu 11.10, run:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak-0

To install the latest 0.6 alpha version, run:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

Gimp 2.7.3

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp

Install and enable Faenza Icons

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install faenza-icons-mono faenza-icon-theme

Jupiter Applet

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/jupiter
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install jupiter