I’ve had the exact opposite happen. I’ve known Windows most of my life and now that I had to switch to Linux, I wanted to customize it. I was looking for a way to cycle through a whole background folder at random. In windows that was easy, just tell it to cycle through that folder. In Linux I couldn’t find any option, not even in the documenration. Skimming through the internet I was reading through threads and forums and they were talking about moving the pictures to /usr/shr/backgrounds but that’s not possible since its 20+GB. Then someone explained in length how to write .xml files with a link inside to point to one picture. One picture. The answers got weirder and crazier and by the time I came back to myself I was losing it.
I could tell you were using Gnome literally just by you saying that there was something you wanted to do but couldn’t. In my experience, Gnome has basically no features and is still super buggy. Linux Mint Cinnamon and Solus Budgie have each just worked super well for me. I switched from Windows and had a bumpy ride until I found those two. I use Solus at home and Mint at work, both without issue.
I’m guessing KDE Plasma on Manjaro? Because on my Fedora I haven’t experienced any random crashes. This might be more a specific distro bug than a DE one.
I’ve had the exact opposite happen. I’ve known Windows most of my life and now that I had to switch to Linux, I wanted to customize it. I was looking for a way to cycle through a whole background folder at random. In windows that was easy, just tell it to cycle through that folder. In Linux I couldn’t find any option, not even in the documenration. Skimming through the internet I was reading through threads and forums and they were talking about moving the pictures to /usr/shr/backgrounds but that’s not possible since its 20+GB. Then someone explained in length how to write .xml files with a link inside to point to one picture. One picture. The answers got weirder and crazier and by the time I came back to myself I was losing it.
That depends entirely on your DE (you didn’t mention yours). I can easily do this through GUI on KDE and XFCE.
Easy to do in cinnamon too. Just choose the folder and you’re done.
Plasma’s wallpaper slideshow does exactly that. The only setup/configuration you need to do is select the folders you want included.
Windows doesn’t do that for nested folders as far as I know. I was using John’s Background Switcher because the native Windows slideshow sucks.
I’m using Manjaro Gnome since Plasma had random freezes and shutdowns and XFCE I just couldn’t warm up with it.
I could tell you were using Gnome literally just by you saying that there was something you wanted to do but couldn’t. In my experience, Gnome has basically no features and is still super buggy. Linux Mint Cinnamon and Solus Budgie have each just worked super well for me. I switched from Windows and had a bumpy ride until I found those two. I use Solus at home and Mint at work, both without issue.
Linux Mint Cinnamon was next on my list but I didn’t know about Solus Budgie and that part about Gnome. Thanks, I’m still learning!
I’m guessing KDE Plasma on Manjaro? Because on my Fedora I haven’t experienced any random crashes. This might be more a specific distro bug than a DE one.
It’s trivial to do that on KDE. Exactly as easy (if not easier) than on Windows.