Description:
A background slideshow creator for the GNOME desktop wallpaper.
The GNOME desktop is able to use a sequence of images for its background wallpaper, changing them automatically over time, but does not include an interface for specifying which images should constitute such a slideshow. Create Background Slideshow (CreBS) is a small Python/GTK application that provides such an interface, saving users from having to manually edit XML files.
Complex customised wallpaper sets, such as all-day wallpapers, can be created in less than two minutes—simply drag images onto the window, arrange in whatever order you wish, and set the timings. Then give the slideshow a name, and click the Apply button. Your new wallpaper set will take effect immediately, and can be located within the standard Appearance Preferences window should you want to use it again in the future.
If you use Ubuntu, you can install Create Background Slideshow from the CreBS PPA:
ppa:crebs/ppa
For example, in a terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:crebs/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install crebs
RPM-using distributions (at least Fedora) can install with the RPM package.
It can be installed on other distros with setup.sh (see INSTALL for details), but will also happily run from the extracted folder, since it does not need root privileges.
If installed, it can be started from System > Preferences > Create Background Slideshow, and is added as an "Open with" option to Nautilus's right-click menu.
For more information, see the crebs man page.
Create Background Slideshow has been internationalised. If you would like to help translate it, please visit:
https://translations.launchpad.net/crebs
Changelog:
0.9.8.5
* Fixed translation bug that prevented some localisations from starting version 0.9.8.4.
0.9.8.4
* New locale (Ido) along with updates
* Fixed minor notification bug
0.9.8.3
* Improvements to translations: Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, German, and Spanish
0.9.8.2
* Added Danish locale files
0.9.8.1
* Added many new localisations:
Afrikaans, Arabic, Asturian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (Traditional), Divehi, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmal, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
0.9.8.0
* Added Turkish translation
* Display style (Zoom, Tile, etc)
* Simplification: transition is now considered part of the duration
* Image thumbnails spread evenly across the main window
* Image previews in the Open dialog
* Better keyboard interaction
* More information provided if an error occurs
* Experimental feature: slideshows can be made to fit a particular length (see man page for details)
0.9.7.0
* Added Spanish and Czech translations
* Default settings can be configured with GConf
* Maximum transition increased to 1 day
0.9.6.0
* Added man page
* Able to read and write non-trivial slideshow files
* Uses thumbnails cache for faster image import
0.9.5.0
* Localised versions in Welsh (Cymraeg), German (Deutsch), English, Italian (Italiano), Lithuanian (lietuvių), Romanian (română), Russian (русский), and Ukrainian (українська).
* Command-line messages resulting from use of the --verbose flag are written to stderr
* Selecting an image brings the 'Selected Image' timings tab to the front
0.9.4.0
* Simplified user interface
0.9.3.0
* Images and slideshows can be opened from Nautilus's right-click menu.
* Added file-overwrite warning
* Added command-line options
License: GPL
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