Asking because I only recently realized that I’ve been running KDE default wallpapers for over a year without noticing. I’m also debating whether to switch to something more “fun” and aligned to my hobbies
As far as I’m aware, popular OSes/DEs tend to have a healthy selection of high-quality default wallpapers, and some OSes/DEs even have wallpaper “shops”. So I’d like to ask what you all use! If you are using a custom one, love to hear where/why you got it.
If you want to share your custom wallpaper feel free to
Edit: thank you all! I didn’t realize how many of you use solid colors… as well as the number of people who don’t think too much about wallpapers since you don’t look at it often (frankly the same for me). For the ones who shared: thanks a ton. Also fun story: there was a recurring joke on r/Unixporn about anime wallpapers but I guess it is not remotely as popular outside of the ricing community
I use
#222e45. I think that it’s been constant since the 1990s or so.$ convert -size 200x200 "xc:#222e45" example.png
I don’t see it much these days, since I’m using sway, which does tiling window management. There’s almost always something fully covering it now.
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Best thing about the year 2020 onwards is Wallpaper Engine
I always use images from the JWST:
https://esawebb.org/images/?sort=-release_date
They’re all gorgeous.
For my phone backgrounds, I use pictures made by Seok98.
GiTS/Jujutsu Kaisen anime girls.
*I’m so surprised how many people use solid colours. Interesting to see other peoples apparent mindset in that regard.
*Should also say I don’t use desktop icons like a dirty pleb >:3 i use ubuntu btw (and idrc if you use icons)
Anyone know if there’s something easy to use like Wallpaper Engine for Linux? Specifically on Bazzite
That hasn’t worked on my desktop in the past, except to crash KDE unfortunately.
I can try again though I guess…
Try this: https://github.com/y4my4my4m/kde-shader-wallpaper
You can get it directly through KDE: Desktop Settings -> “Get New Plugins…” button.
It’s more limited since it’s only shaders, but there’s a lot of shaders out there.
This is bundled into the plugin for example. You can use their shadertoy link for a proper preview, but you need a browser with WebGL enabled:
https://godotshaders.com/shader/balatro-background-shader/
There’s 100 built in and you can add new ones, but it’s not painless for now:
https://github.com/y4my4my4m/kde-shader-wallpaper/blob/master/README_DEV.md
I have an anime girl wallpaper with a pink reddish theme
Patrician taste
Wow, that is a cool praise
I’m stealing it
Solid color: Light-ish dull-ish green. Been using it since I concluded that I didn’t like the Win98 default, and it has carried over to other OSes after that.
Roughly #81e39b
$ convert -size 200x200 "xc:#81e39b" example.png
Yeah, pretty close. I don’t have my PC available so I don’t know exactly, I just picked those values from a color picker website.
Dull grey for me. Exciting, I know.
I use two different pieces of art I made myself for my mobile and desktop devices respectively!
I don’t keep icons on my desktop, so contrast isn’t something I worry about, and I’m a sucker for colors :3Chaotic neutral here
I cycle wallpapers from different OSes, but never the one running. Work W11 laptop has the Debian wallpaper now, OpenBSD laptop the Windows 10 backlit glass one, etc
(I do the same with game character names)
I like this artist’s stuff for my wallpapers on all my devices except my work machine:
Solid black to save my OLED screen from burn in.
Default, I love scarlet tree
I have a selection of natural scenes - some that I have taken myself, other found on the web - that rotate each two hours around the day. Night shots at night etc.
I’ve been known to say “look, my next desktop wallpaper!” before taking a picture.
Custom. I have a folder of wallpapers I’ve been accumulating over the past thirty years, since I got my first laptop (brick of a thing, too) on my way to college. There are photos, parks from comics, MS Paint drawings, diagrams, even screenshots of previous desktop setups.
Setting your wallpaper to an old desktop screenshot is painful in a nostalgic and philosophical way. I did it once and cried for hours.
at work, on my main desktop, I use a picture I took on vacation (of Scotland)
otherwise I have to use a lot of servers so I color code the desktops to remind myself of what systems it is or how critical it is. Using red or uncomfortable colors on systems that are critical keeps me from making mistakes on them.
At home on my laptop, I have been using the KDE OneStandsOut wallpaper for a few years https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace-wallpapers/-/blob/master/OneStandsOut/contents/screenshot.jpg?ref_type=heads
its simple and nice to look at for a few seconds when I am actually looking at the desktop loading after a reboot or something
Red on admin/root desktop was something I learned back in the days from SUSE Linux or Debian…. And it has stuck with me too.
I’m using the “Astronomy Pic of the Day”.
