A GNOME Shell extension that cycles your desktop wallpaper through a folder of images on a timer. Point it at a folder, pick an interval, and forget about it — the preferences window handles the rest.
- Rotates wallpapers every 5 to 60 minutes
- Shuffle or alphabetical order
- Optional inclusion of images in subfolders
- Pauses automatically when another app changes your wallpaper
- Live preview of upcoming wallpapers in preferences
- Optional "Next wallpaper" entry in the desktop right-click menu
- Optional Quick Settings button to open preferences
make install
gnome-extensions enable wallpaper-carousel@rangol.seOn Wayland, log out and back in. On X11, Alt+F2 → r → Enter restarts the
shell in place.
Then open preferences and point it at a folder:
gnome-extensions prefs wallpaper-carousel@rangol.seCopy the template, fill in the msgstr lines, and reinstall:
cp po/wallpaper-carousel-rangol-se.pot po/<lang>.po
make install<lang> is a POSIX locale code — de, fr, nb, and so on. Swedish is
already included.
gnome-extensions disable wallpaper-carousel@rangol.se
make uninstall