An Easy Way To Set the Bing Image of the Day As Your Linux Wallpaper

Last monthI wrote about a super simplelittle script that downloads and sets the Bing image of the day as your linux desktop wallpaper.

Easy peasy ― or so I thought.

Clearly not easyenough asanumber of you have saidthat, while you like Bing’s ever changing backgrounds,you didn’t fancythe faff involved in having to remembertorun a python script each andevery day.

Fair dos.

Youwant a nice, easy, set-it-and-forget-it app that does all the heavy lifting for you.

As I’m not averse to highlighting alternatives― open-sourceis a world of alternatives ― here’s an app that downloads and sets Bing wallpaper on the Linux desktop.

How This AppDiffers For That Other App

Unlike the python script version this oneis installable. It also adds itself to your Startup Applications, and runs on reboot. It stores downloaded wallpapersin ~/Pictures/Bing but, unlike the other app, it downloadsa Bing-branded image of the dayand not a “clean”copy.

Unless you’re crazy about Bing you’re probably not going to want your desktop to havea 40% opacity Bing logo on it.

Download & Install This ‘Bing Wallpaper’ App

The Toronto-based Whizzzkid (that’s his Github name) who made this app hascreated a PPA for it.

The PPAsupports Ubuntu 14.04 LTS through 16.10 and you can add it to your software sources (usual caveats apply) by running the following setof commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:whizzzkid/bingwallpaper sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install bingwallpaper

If you don’t want to add an entire PPA for such a simple tool you don’t need to. You can download an installer for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS by tapping the button below.

Download Bing Wallpaper App Installer

Once downloaded youcan install the app usingyour preferred method (e.g., Ubuntu Software, Gdebi, dpkg, intravenous drip, etc).