How can I pre-set a wallpaper in GNOME?
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Luci
04/17/2025, 12:42 AMHow can I set a specific default GNOME wallpaper?
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pizzalovingnerd
04/21/2025, 7:22 PMYou could try packaging the wallpapers into a package, and than using a gsetting overwrite file to set it
pizzalovingnerd
04/21/2025, 7:24 PMexample from my old Linux distribution: https://github.com/risiIndustries/risios-backgrounds
put this file in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/00_(distroname).gschema.overide, although only keep the wallpaper settings. There's other settings for GNOME in here
https://github.com/risiIndustries/risi-settings/blob/main/00_risi.gschema.override
pizzalovingnerd
04/21/2025, 7:24 PMI'm sure you can also modify the Containerfiles to do this without making a package
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fran
04/21/2025, 9:15 PMMaybe have a look at how Bluefin does it right now. They create a bunch of files (XML and pure images) and just copy them when the image is built.
Then, as @pizzalovingnerd said, they set the
org.gnome.desktop.backgroundfran
04/21/2025, 9:15 PMfran
04/21/2025, 9:16 PMAnd you can see their background files here as well
https://github.com/ublue-os/bluefin/tree/main/system_files/shared/usr/share/backgrounds