desktop earth for linux

[Marlonsm]

That site also has an online generator.
Isn't it possible for someone to make a script that downloads and updates the wallpaper every hour or so?

[radiac93]

I really would apreciate if someone made something desktop earth, earthview, etc. - alike! I've been looking for it like hell!
It excists for windows(--") and even for mac os x!
(ps: can't you addapt the mac file to install on ubuntu? )

[Baldrick_NZ]

This works perfectly for me. It has the added bonus of showing world weather in real time too. The script updates every half hour, meaning lower resources are required.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1514926

Check it out, and let us know what you think..

[LinuxPhreak]

That is one major problem with GNOME. I've noticed that it usually only supports images as wallpapers. I remember reading a while back on this forum where someone wanted to add a web page as wallpaper. The solution in that problem was replace nautilus with KDE variant of Nautilus. I can't stand KDE myself so please pardon me for not knowing the name of it.

The only solution I can think of is writing a script alot the same way the one of the posters pasted the link to. The script would rotate images as wallpapers depending on the time of the day.

[Lokasenna]

Here is one tutorial I've been able to follow with relative success:

http://rbrusu.com/xplanet-desktop-wallpape.html

The one thing I haven't been able to do is get it to display the cloud cover. I decided to just go with the default cloud image (despite what that guy says about the clouds at the poles), and it downloads just fine - it just doesn't appear to be used when the 'earth.jpg' file is generated for use as the background image.

So if any of you can get the clouds to work, if you could share how I'd be greatly appreciative .

I'm on 10.04.