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Where is the "Default Wallpaper" wallpaper stored

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I just upgraded to 14.04, and it's amazing. Obviously, I went to check out the new backgrounds and one caught my eye. It's an abstract blue design and is marked as one that changes throughout the day and its title is "Default Wallpaper". I really would like to find this wallpaper's file, but I can't.

If you are wondering, it looks like this:

background

I've checked in /usr/share/backgrounds and /usr/share/wallpapers but neither has them, just the picture wallpaper. Is there a special place that the ones that change are stored, or are they simply inaccessible?

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answered 12 Months ago issfullus · Accepted Answer

Indeed - this is part of an automatic picture changer consisting of three JPG's gradually cycling from one JPG to another over certain time-periods:

07:00 for one hour fixed at morning.jpg

08:00 for 5 hours - gradually transitioning from morning.jpg to bright-day.jpg,

13:00 for 5 hours - fixed at bright-day.jpg

19:00 for 6 hours - gradually transitioning from bright-day.jpg to good-night.jpg

00:00 for 5 hours - fixed at good-night.jpg

05:00 for 2 hours - gradually transitioning from good-night.jpg to morning.jpg

This is driven by an XML file located in the Adwaita theme folder /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/backgrounds/adwaita-timed.xml

Have a look - you can use this XML as a template for your own wallpaper changer

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