Nitrogen
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Nitrogen is a fast and lightweight desktop background browser and setter for X windows.
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Installation
Nitrogen can be installed with the package nitrogen, available in the official repositories.
Usage
Run nitrogen --help for full details. The following examples will get you started:
Setting wallpaper
To view and set the desired wallpaper from a specific directory recursively, run:
$ nitrogen /path/to/image/directory/
To view and set the desired wallpaper from a specific directory non-recursively, run:
$ nitrogen --no-recurse /path/to/image/directory/
Restoring wallpaper
To restore the chosen wallpaper during subsequent sessions, add the following to your startup file (such as Xinitrc, Openbox#autostart, etc.):
nitrogen --restore &
Troubleshooting
Freeze with dual monitors
Remove the current nitrogen configuration: [1]
$ rm -r ~/.config/nitrogen/