Desktop background image that is ai generated and updates automatically every few minutes. The image is taken from http://lape.si:8080/apps/ai-background/image.
Change the type of image or amount of images (combined -> 6 images) by changing the url to the following:
Wikipedia Articles: http://lape.si:8080/apps/ai-background/wikipedia/image (currently not updating)
Landscapes: http://lape.si:8080/apps/ai-background/landscape/image
Combined: http://lape.si:8080/apps/ai-background/combined
Combined Landscapes: http://lape.si:8080/apps/ai-background/landscape/combined
- Clone the repository
- Press Windows Key + R
- Type in "shell:startup"
- Create a shortcut to the "HideUpdateAiBackground.vbs" file in the startup folder (it will start update-ai-background.bat headless on startup)
- Restart your computer
- Open the "update-ai-background.bat" file in a text editor
- To change the update interval, change the number in the "timeout" command
- To change the download location, change the "curl" command to point to a different URL AND change the "reg add" command to point to the new location
- Save the file
- Restart your computer
- Press Windows Key + R
- Delete the "HideUpdateAiBackground.vbs" file from the startup folder
- Delete the cloned repository
- Restart your computer
- Place the linux folder anywhere in your system
- Choose the right subfolder according to your desktop environment and copy the path to main.py
- Change the line:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 [X]in the ai_background.service file by replacing [X] with the absolute path of your main.py file. - Change the line:
User=[Y]in the ai_background.service file by replacing [Y] with your username. - Place the ai_background.service file in
/etc/systemd/system(might be differrent in some distributions) - Use the command
sudo systemctl enable ai_backgroundto make the application autostart after boot.
- If the background is not changing properly, try to set the tmp image in the X folder as a background manually.