Is there a simple way to install wallpapers in Linux? Not wallpaper packages but single wallpapers? How the installation works? In Windows, I point to the picture directory (in Appearance>Screensaver window) and select the picture file and do OK. How this procedure goes in Linux (once I download a picture file in some directory)?
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You can select any picture, right-click it and from the context menu select Set as Wallpaper. Alternatively you can select a custom wallpaper as follows.
16.04
Select System Settings -> Appearance -> Look tab -> Wallpapers.
Under the Wallpapers section press the + button to add a new custom wallpaper image.
Browse to the directory containing the custom wallpaper to be added, select a custom image, and click the Open button.
18.04
Change the wallpaper from Settings → Background → Picture tab → select a picture → press Select button.
20.04
Change the wallpaper from Settings → Background → Add Picture.
0If you are running Ubuntu 17.10 (that means your desktop environment is Gnome), you could also add your pictures to the folder "Pictures" (inside your Home folder), then go to your system settings, select "background", then "background" again, there will be three different tabs to choose, "wallpapers" (these are pre-installed), "pictures" and the last one "colors", every picture inside your "Pictures" folder will be automatically added to the second section, "pictures".example
