Wallpaper clocks are inherently wallpapers itself which can show live time and date with nice integration. You won't get an idea what it really is until you see it for yourself. Let's see how could you install wallpaper clocks in Ubuntu. I have included some screenshots as well. Check it out.
Screenshots
- A quick look on what really is a wallpaper clock.
- Stunning isn't it. Here's one more.
- Now let us see how wallpaper clock can be installed in you Ubuntu.
Install Screenlets First
- In order to install wallpaper clock you will have to install wallpaper clock widget first. For that you need screenlets.
sudo apt-get install screenlets
- Done.
Download Wallpaper Clocks of your choice
- Vladstudio is the authentic site for all your wallpaper clock related needs. You can find literally hundreds of mind blowing wallpaper clocks in Vladstudio.
- Download Wallpaper clocks from Vladstudio. Downloaded file will be having .wcz extension.
Now install Wallpaper Clock widget from the newly installed screenlet
- Go to Application > Accessories > Screenlets. In the list of widgets you could find the Wallpaper Clock widget as well.
- Click on Launch/Add button. You will find a new Clock icon in your desktop.
Finally Install the newly downloaded Wallpaper Clocks
- Right Click on the Clock icon in your desktop and select Install Wallpaper Clock.
- Now browse to the just downloaded .wcz files and Click install and that is it.
- Finally to enable the newly installed Wallpaper Clock, right click on the icon again as seen in the screenshot above and select Change Wallpaper Clock. You don't need me any further. Go on, experiment and have fun. :-)
I have tried this only on Ubuntu Jaunty and i am not sure if this is going to work with either Hardy or Intrepid(Though i strongly believe, this will work in Hardy and intrepid as well).
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Is it common for the wallpaper clock to black out and turn ON frequently?
It looks like it is refreshing in my computer with 3 GB RAM and good graphics card. The performance was slow. So, I had to change back to the original wall paper and turned off Screenlets.
Has anyone come across similar issue? Is there a work around or fix to resolve it?
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Hi , I downloaded .wcz file but unable to install it , Will you guide me how to install .wcz file in ubuntu Linux ? Thanks, -Amaresh
Simply right click on the clock icon present in your desktop and click on install. Now browse to the just downloaded .wcz file. That is all you need to do. (i have clearly defined the steps needed in the post above with screenshots, please check it if you still find it difficult) :-)
I've downloaded and installed screenlets and wallpaper clocks and several *.WCZ clock files.
I followed the steps as shown in this posting and tried all sorts of tinkering. I've removed and re-installed and re-tinkered. The clocks do not run. What now?
When I right click the desktop screenlet clock icon and select "Install clock" I get a chooser. From there I navigate to the folder where the *.WCZ files are stored. I select a file an then OK.
The watch cursor appears and runs and runs and ... When I inspect the $HOME/.screenlets /WallpaperClock/wallpapers/ folder nothing appears there even after several minutes of waiting. This tells me that Install clock did not work. What now?
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Applications ==> Screenlets ==> About reports "Screenlets 0.1.2"
uname -r reports "2.6.22.1.emp12"
I'm running Ubuntu Hardy Heron (v8.04.3 LTS) with all relevant patches
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Where can i find more clocks?
Have you checked Vladstudio link i have given above. I think they itself has a number of good quality Wallpaper clocks. Here is the link.
http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaperclock/
what theme are you using in that last pic? (the menu theme)
That new theme is called Hanso. Hanso is among the four new community contributed themes that is probably going to be their by default in Karmic. Not yet sure though. You can download them if you want. Check the link below.
http://ubuntumanual.org/posts/244/ubuntu-artwork-team-starts-delivering-...