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Create Background Slideshow (or CreBS for short) is a Python/GTK application used to create and set desktop wallpaper slideshows for GNOME, and by extension the Linux distributions that use it, such as Fedora and Ubuntu. The image set defined is stored along with your ordinary wallpapers so it can be reselected in the future from the standard Appearance Preferences window.

Start by adding images to the slideshow; multiple images may be selected for addition within any particular directory. Then rearrange them into your chosen order using the Earlier and Later buttons or by dragging the image into place. If you change your mind about including an image, use the Remove button.

Got a favourite picture you want to see for longer than the rest? Override the default duration with any time you like, specifiable in seconds, minutes, or hours.

Finally, give the slideshow a name and press Save to set the image sequence as your new desktop background. The set is added in with your other wallpapers, so you can use the standard Appearance Preferences window to change and restore the wallpaper in the future.

Thanks to the generous efforts of a great bunch of translators, Create Background Slideshow, as well as being available in English, can be used—to a greater-or-lesser extent—in the following languages:

• Afrikaans
• Arabic (العربية: مسلسِل الخلفيات)
• Asturian (Asturianu: Crear Presentación de Fondu)
• Bulgarian (български език: Десктоп Слайдшоу)
• Czech (Čeština: Vytvořit Slideshow z obrázků)
• Welsh (Cymraeg: Creu Sioe-Sleidiau Cefndir)
• German (Deutsch: Hintergrund Diashow Erstellen)
• Divehi (ދިވެހި: ޑެސްކްޓޮޕްގެ ގައި ސްލައިޑްޝޯ)
• Greek (Ελληνικά: Δημιουργία Slideshow Παρασκηνίου)
• Spanish (Español: Crear Presentación de Fondos de Pantalla)
• Esperanto (Kreu Fono Bildserio)
• Finnish (Suomi: Luo diaesitys taustakuvaksi)
• French (Français: Créer un fond d’écran diaporama)
• Hebrew (עברית: יוצר רקעים מתחלפים)
• Hungarian (Magyar: Új váltakozó háttér)
• Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia: Buat Slideshow Background)
• Italian (Italiano: Crea uno Sfondo Presentazione)
• Lithuanian (Lietuvių: Darbastalio fonų rinkiniai)
• Malay (Bahasa Melayu: Cipta Persembahan Slaid Latar)
• Norwegian (Norsk bokmål)
• Dutch (Nederlands: Diavoorstelling in achtergrond aanmaken)
• Polish (Polski)
• Portuguese (Português: Crie um Slideshow para o Ambiente de Trabalho)
• Brazilian Portuguese (Português brasileiro: Criador de Slides para o Fundo da Tela)
• Romanian (Română: Crează succesiuni de imagini pentru fundal)
• Russian (Русский: Создать слайд-шоу)
• Swedish (Svenska: Skapa bakgrundsbildspel)
• Turkish (Türkçe: Arkaplan Slayt Gösterisi Yarat)
• Ukrainian (Українська: Створити слайд-шоу)
• Chinese (新增背景幻燈片)

If you would like to help with these translations or help to make CreBS available in another language, please visit the Launchpad Translations page.

For further information about how to use Create Background Slideshow, especially its many command-line options, take a look at the crebs man page provided.

Create Background Slideshow is open-source software, licensed under the GPL.

Downloads

On Debian-related systems, Create Background Slideshow can be installed from the CreBS PPA, ppa:crebs/ppa

For example, in an Ubuntu terminal, enter:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:crebs/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install crebs

If you don’t wish to install it, or you use another type of GNU/Linux distribution, you can use the download link below. After downloading and unzipping, make sure that CreBS is executable (unless you want to run it as an argument to Python).

Download CreBS (latest version, in .tar.gz format)

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