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2.9 KiB
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74 lines
2.9 KiB
Markdown
# Cinnamon Dynamic Wallpaper
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## About the project
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Based on a location, this extension calculates the periods of a day and switches the background image of your Cinnamon desktop. The extension offers the choice between a set of included wallpapers or to select a HEIC-file.
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### Features
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- 8 included image sets
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- 9 day periods
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- HEIF converter
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- Image configuration assistent with simple one-click setup for image choose
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- Online location estimation or offline with manual latitude and longitude input
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- Offline sun angles estimation
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- Image stretching over multiple displays or repeat image for every display
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### Tested Cinnamon versions
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- 5.4 (Mint 21)
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- 5.6 (Mint 21.1)
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- 5.8 (Mint 21.2)
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- 6.0 (Mint 21.3)
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#### Only supported with version 1.x
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- 4.8 (Mint 20.1)
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- 5.0 (Mint 20.2)
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- 5.2 (Mint 20.3)
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### Technology
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- Using `JavaScript` for
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- Sun angle estimation
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- Location estimation
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- Change of the desktop wallpapers
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- `Python` displays the Image Configurator
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- Image Configurator UI was written with `Glade`
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## Installation
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### From Built-in Extension Manager
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1. Open "Extensions" in Linux Mint or any other distribution with Cinnamon as Desktop Environment
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2. Click on "Download"
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3. Search and download it
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### From the repo
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1. Download the Repository
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2. Extract the files
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3. Copy the folder `cinnamon-dynamic-wallpaper@TobiZog` to `~/.local/share/cinnamon/extensions/`
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## How to use it
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1. Active the Extension via Cinnamon Extension Manager
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2. Open the settings
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3. Keep `Estimate coordinates via network` active or disable it and insert latitude and longitude in the fields
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4. Choose a set of images or disable it and select for every daytime an image manually
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## Image Configurator
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The Cinnamon Dynamic Wallpaper extension offers an integrated image configuration assistant. Here, you can choose an included image set or import a HEIC-file from your system. You have to choose the images for the time periods after the import.
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## Included image sets
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The image sets are from https://github.com/adi1090x/dynamic-wallpaper
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| Aurora | Beach | Bitday |
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| Cliffs | Gradient | Lakeside |
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| -------- | --------- | ------ |
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| Mountains | Sahara |
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| --------- | ------ |
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