Nasa Wallpaper of the Day 🚀
Set the Nasa Picture of the Day as your wallpaper and zoom background!
Requirements
This script is made to run on linux. Tested only on Ubuntu >= 22.04
with i3wm >= 4.20.1
feh
Used to set up the desktop wallpaper. For now this is only tested on i3 but should work on other window managers like Gnome.zoom
This program can change the virtual background you use on zoom
Installation
- Clone the repo and run the
post-install.sh
script. The script will add a line to the current user's crontab to run NWotD every hour. - Change the config in
index.sh
WALLPAPER_DIR
must be an existing directory. Last downloaded wallpapers are stored there.ZOOM_BACKGROUND_PATH
is the path to the virtual background file in zoom. You need to set a virtual background through the application first to create the image with a random name. Use this random name in the variable.
Startup configuration
With i3 you can configure the script to run on start up by adding the following line in your $HOME/.config/i3/config
file:
exec_always --no-startup-id /path/to/NWotD/index.sh >> /var/log/nwotd.log 2>&1
Usage
The script supports some parameter to tweak its actions:
--nozoom
prevents changing the zoom wallpaper--nowallpaper
prevents change the desktop wallpaper