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Life & fun · January 30, 2017

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Making Your Music Choose Your Desktop Wallpaper

Making Your Music Choose Your Desktop Wallpaper launched on January 30, 2017 with 75 votes, #650 of 3,670 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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This is a blog post about using music to automatically change desktop wallpaper. The author, who works in windowless environments, describes how rotating wallpapers can provide a visual break similar to having a nice view. The post discusses how desktop managers can rotate wallpapers and explores connecting music selection to wallpaper changes. It's intended for anyone interested in customizing their desktop experience or exploring creative ways to integrate music and visuals on their computer.

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I write about stuff and things. Systems programming is one of the things. There may be other stuff too. Posted on: January 25, 2017. Post written by: nur - Tags: desktop wallpaper , music I love having nice desktop wallpaper, mainly because a lot of jobs I’ve worked in involves me being stuck in windowless labs, and having a picture of mountains and streams on your desktop is somewhat of a substitute to having a nice view (a sad one, but you have to make do). But the same wallpaper can also get pretty boring, so that’s why many desktop managers let you rotate your wallpapers from a set of images. But then, that set gets boring too, what if you could get a fresh wallpaper from…from blog.unixcat.org

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