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Use random photos from Unsplash as a desktop background on Ubuntu
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unsplash-random.sh
#!/bin/bash
uuser="unsplash_user_name"
path="path/to/dir"
size=$(xdpyinfo | grep dimensions | awk '{print $2}')
curl "https://source.unsplash.com/user/$uuser/$size" --location --output $path/unsplash-random.jpeg
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file://$path/unsplash-random.jpeg
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