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Downloads a random image from Unsplash and sets the wallpaper every so often (currently only works with Gnome/Unity/Cinnamon/etc)
#!/bin/sh
while :
do
wget -q -O unsplash_wallpaper.jpg https://unsplash.it/1920/1080/?random
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file://$PWD/unsplash_wallpaper.jpg
sleep 1h # Change this if you want a different update frequency (e.g. 30m, 12h, 24h, etc...).
done
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jjaimealeman commented Oct 17, 2021

I found this page after searching earlier today. I decided to your your idea and came up with this:

#!/bin/bash

function unsplash {
    local FILENAME=unsplash-$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid | sed 's/[-]//g' | head -c 10;echo)
    wget -q -O $FILENAME.jpg https://unsplash.it/1920/1080/?random
    echo $FILENAME.jpg
    convert -geometry 450x $FILENAME.jpg $FILENAME-450w.jpg
    convert -geometry 800x $FILENAME.jpg $FILENAME-800w.jpg
}
unsplash

Generates 3 random files.

  • unsplash-RANDOMUUID.jpg
  • unsplash-RANDOMUUID-450w.jpg
  • unsplash-RANDOMUUID-800w.jpg

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