FreeBSD Wallpapers [Archive] - The FreeBSD Forums

rbelk

February 10th, 2009, 02:53

I have posted my assortment of FreeBSD wallpapers on Google Picasa. Here's the link http://picasaweb.google.com/randy.belk/freebsd.

gnemmi

February 10th, 2009, 02:56

Well done !
Thanks for taking the time tu put them all toghether !

BTW .. that link is broken .. the actual link seems to be: http://picasaweb.google.com/randy.belk/FreeBSDWallpaper#

Thank you rbelk !
Regards

PS: I've got one that seems to be missing .. if you want to, I can send it to you so tou can upload it there too .. just let me know where to send it to :)

rbelk

February 10th, 2009, 03:01

Sorry about the URL. Here's the correct one. http://picasaweb.google.com/randy.belk/FreeBSDWallpaper.

rbelk

February 10th, 2009, 03:03

Gnemmi please send any that I don't have and I will post them to my album.

gnemmi

February 10th, 2009, 03:06

Sure thing !
But .. where should I send them too?
Send me a PM with you e-mail or something :D

rbelk

February 10th, 2009, 03:34

Gnemmi, I have uploaded it to my wallpapers site. Thanks

gnemmi

February 10th, 2009, 03:42

Anytime :)

twantnix3

September 18th, 2009, 05:40

Does anyone know where to get some good Freebsd wallpapers?

rbelk

September 18th, 2009, 06:07

I have a collection at http://picasaweb.google.com/randy.belk/freebsdWallpaper

graudeejs

September 18th, 2009, 06:11

you can get mine in any size
http://picasaweb.google.com/killasmurf86

SirDice

September 18th, 2009, 10:23

Take your pick:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=freebsd+wallpaper&gbv=2&aq=0&oq=freebsd+wa&aqi=g1

roddierod

September 18th, 2009, 20:15

http://www.bsdnexus.com/drupal/node/4

Carpetsmoker

September 19th, 2009, 05:22

Don't want to hijack the thread, but the other day I wanted to set an image for my wallpaper, and wasn't able to :r I tried fbsetbg, that worked sort of but I wasn't able to both set the wallpaper in the center and have the rest filled with a background color ... It also returned an error (``An error occurred''. Nothing more...)

What can I say? I've been using the same background color on any machine for 10 years (The Windows 2000 background actually, #3A6EA5, you can say about Windows what you want, but they are *the best* desktop background makers!) I only now found I background image I *may* like.

roddierod

September 19th, 2009, 10:38

I use xloadimage which has a -border option that allows you to set the color of the background not covered by an image.

Carpetsmoker

September 19th, 2009, 11:13

xloadimage worked, thanks for the hint.

aragon

September 19th, 2009, 13:32

you can say about Windows what you want, but they are *the best* desktop background makers!
And Microsoft Backgrounds 7.0 is being released on 22 October! ;)

graudeejs

September 19th, 2009, 17:31

try hsetroot

fronclynne

September 22nd, 2009, 00:02

I usually use something like xsetroot -solid rgb:00/99/99 && Esetroot some/dang/picture.png
I started using Esetroot because it does what I like with regards to translucency in Eterm & aterm, even though I don't bother with those any more. Creature of habit.

CodeBlock

September 23rd, 2009, 02:52

I have a collection at http://picasaweb.google.com/randy.belk/freebsdWallpaper

Nice collection :)

Carpetsmoker

September 23rd, 2009, 03:39

http://picasaweb.google.com/randy.belk/freebsdWallpaper#5337214788752220018

This is the (old) OpenBSD logo, not FreeBSD.

gnoma

January 20th, 2010, 14:30

roddierod

January 20th, 2010, 18:32

I have a question... Is it possible to put a wallpaper on freebsd 7.2?
You know... a picture behond the text, not just a black wall. And can I do this simply without installing gnome and cofiguring 98746841397415838 things I don't need.

You can't have a wallpaper on the console.

You don't need gnome, you need X and there are quite a few WMs that are far less heavy than gnome. You might try a tiling WM.

gnoma

January 20th, 2010, 19:10

OoOoKaY and this X and WM... can I find them in the port collection???

paulfrottawa

January 21st, 2010, 04:30

I would like my wall paper to be xearth or the likes. Its really a clock and why not make it be a dynamic like wall paper. Just a thought.
______________________
update
In Gnome to write to the root window with xearth or alike you need these settings.gconftool-2 -s --type bool /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false
gconftool-2 -s --type bool /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false
gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/background/draw_background false
gconftool-2 -s --type bool /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/plugins/background/active false

gnoma

January 21st, 2010, 14:27

Yeah sounds cool, but first...first! let's just see how to put a picture for a begining, and then we can thing about .gif type of pictures and animations :)

oYo

January 24th, 2010, 16:11

OoOoKaY and this X and WM... can I find them in the port collection???

From where you installed your Freebsd ? x,and wm are on dvd or cd ,or you can get them from the ports ,check the ports on freebsd.org or check fresh ports website for mor details ,and read the handbook ...
why using a walpaper on a terminal ? and why making walpapers for any wm ,any colour as a backround or a walpaper will be nice for me .

rbelk

November 23rd, 2010, 03:57

OK fellow BSD'ers, I have uploaded a lot of pics to my FreeBSD wallpaper site. The total is now up to 154! BTW, I also would like to publicly thank Sk8harddiefast (https://forums.freebsd.org/member.php?u=11497) for helping me in acquiring the pics to add to my album (http://picasaweb.google.com/randy.belk/freebsdWallpaper).

rbelk

January 9th, 2011, 02:35

OK Guys, Picasa has deleted a lot of my wallpapers! I am going to need some help again. I do have backups but it will be later next week to get to them. The wife broke has broken ankle and leg. If you find any wallpapers I don't have please PM or email them to me.

BTW, I wanted to ask the group a question. Would it be better to move the site to deviantART?

alie

March 31st, 2011, 02:54

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1280/grungestripetexturebyth.th.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/i/grungestripetexturebyth.jpg/)

rbelk

March 31st, 2011, 07:28

Thanks Alie, I've posted your wallpaper to my wallpaper site.

alie

April 6th, 2011, 07:46

http://img15.imageshack.us/i/wall3s.png/

http://img855.imageshack.us/i/wall2s.png/

http://img832.imageshack.us/i/wall1g.png/

rbelk

April 6th, 2011, 17:45

Thanks Alie, I've up'ed these also to my wallpaper site.

I also want to thank all the forum members for helping me with this project!

rbelk

May 29th, 2011, 09:34

OK Guys and Gals, I have moved my FreeBSD Wallpaper site from my Picasa Web Site to another site. It's new location is at FreeBSD Wallpaper (http://my.opera.com/rbelk/albums/show.dml?id=6973552). I am also going to use my My Opera Blog (http://my.opera.com/rbelk) as my personal site and stop using Google Sites. I still need to update a few other places about the switch but I wanted to post it here first!

alie

August 5th, 2011, 06:43

FreeBSD Red Wallpaper
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6010974030_eb22f8daf3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6010974030/)

freebsd-red-wallpaper (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6010974030/) by e_zy_clie (http://www.flickr.com/people/63771152@N07/), on Flickr

rbelk

August 5th, 2011, 22:56

Thanks Alie, I have uploaded it to my FreeBSD Wallpaper Site (http://my.opera.com/rbelk/albums/show.dml?id=6973552).

alie

August 8th, 2011, 08:16

FreeBSD 9.0 Wallpaper :D

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/6021293836_d35c72c2ce.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6021293836/)

freebsd9-wallpaper (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6021293836/) by e_zy_clie (http://www.flickr.com/people/63771152@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/6020826653_cbefa76bfd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6020826653/)

freebsd9_wallpaper2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6020826653/) by e_zy_clie (http://www.flickr.com/people/63771152@N07/), on Flickr

d_mon

August 8th, 2011, 17:56

FreeBSD Wallpaper Site (http://my.opera.com/rbelk/albums/show.dml?id=6973552).

you are doing nice work! keep it! do maintenance! don't let it die...

alie

August 9th, 2011, 18:29

rbelk

August 10th, 2011, 10:03

you are doing nice work! keep it! do maintenance! don't let it die...

I search weekly for new wallpaper!:e

rbelk

August 10th, 2011, 10:56

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6028472922_7fd1789ab8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6028472922/)
freebsd-wallpaper (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6028472922/) by e_zy_clie (http://www.flickr.com/people/63771152@N07/), on Flickr

Thanks alie, I've up'ed it to my FreeBSD Wallpaper Site (http://my.opera.com/rbelk/albums/show.dml?id=6973552). You can subscribe to the RSS feed for notifications of new wallpaper.

alie

August 10th, 2011, 11:27

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6028287673_f63d06cb05.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6028287673/)
freebsd-red-fractal-wallpaper (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6028287673/) by e_zy_clie (http://www.flickr.com/people/63771152@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6028296041_86838e76e4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6028296041/)
freebsd-wallpaper-dots (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6028296041/) by e_zy_clie (http://www.flickr.com/people/63771152@N07/), on Flickr

vermaden

August 10th, 2011, 12:46

@alie

In today times wallpaper with resolution of 1024x768 is useless ;)

graudeejs

August 10th, 2011, 12:57

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6028296041_86838e76e4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6028296041/)
freebsd-wallpaper-dots (http://www.flickr.com/photos/63771152@N07/6028296041/) by e_zy_clie (http://www.flickr.com/people/63771152@N07/), on Flickr

OMG, nice...
This could become good wallpaper for slim

alie

August 11th, 2011, 10:52

@alie

In today times wallpaper with resolution of 1024x768 is useless ;)

Thanks and its a good point, any recommended size anyway ?

graudeejs

August 11th, 2011, 11:30

These are quite popular (common) resolution:

1920x1080
1280x800
1280x768
1280x1024
1920x1200

roddierod

August 11th, 2011, 11:58

1680x1050

kpedersen

August 11th, 2011, 13:45

In today times wallpaper with resolution of 1024x768 is useless ;)

Although without GEM/KMS, this size wallpaper is perfect for the newer "vesa powered" graphics hardware :p

To be safe, perhaps a 3000x3000 sized wallpaper is ideal. Then others can just crop and resize it to suit their novelty shaped screen ;)

alie

August 11th, 2011, 14:20

Ok, from now onward i will share .xcf file instead of JPEG/PNG so all of us can resize to suit our needs.

graudeejs

August 11th, 2011, 21:11

To be safe, perhaps a 3000x3000 sized wallpaper is ideal. Then others can just crop and resize it to suit their novelty shaped screen ;)

No, because it has aspect ratio of 1:1, I doubt you'll ever see such monitors

vermaden

August 11th, 2011, 21:32

Thanks and its a good point, any recommended size anyway ?

Sure, 2560 x 1600 or at least 1920 x 1080/1200, its pointless to create 'all rainbow' of lower resolutions since BIG resolution can be scaled down to the smaller one, but the smaller one can not be rescaled to bigger one, since it would not look good in any way, so its best to provide wallpaper in one biggest possible size.

graudeejs

August 11th, 2011, 21:41

Sure, 2560 x 1600 or at least 1920 x 1080/1200, its pointless to create 'all rainbow' of lower resolutions since BIG resolution can be scaled down to the smaller one, but the smaller one can not be rescaled to bigger one, since it would not look good in any way, so its best to provide wallpaper in one biggest possible size.

Better to have 1 big image per aspect ratio, there would bee some 2-4 images

http://learningcenter.risevision.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Resolultion-and-aspect-ratio-chart.png

vermaden

August 12th, 2011, 05:19

IMHO the 16:10 with 4:3 will be more then enough, also I havent seen anywhere a recent monitor with 3:2 ratio, I also do not remember any 4:3 ratios anymore at laptops/monitors, but for older hardware it may be useful.

weyll

October 15th, 2011, 11:47

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-31ZVSg9D5yc/TpldXzaofEI/AAAAAAAAASI/Ar1baZ1wNAU/s1600/Crystallized+Blood.png (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jj4uRnLDecM/TplgXMhnDwI/AAAAAAAAASQ/d2xEbS-wQAM/s1600/Crystallized+Blood.png)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3jQtB-gf_yY/TpkpGnNTawI/AAAAAAAAASA/hOKgV0ZmLC0/s1600/Free+Blood.png (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rwFob3FPfgs/TpkoM21yKKI/AAAAAAAAAR4/mLywk8n2Xbo/s1600/Free+Blood.png)

rbelk

October 15th, 2011, 20:35

Thanks Weyll, have have uploaded these to my FreeBSD Wallpaper Site (http://my.opera.com/rbelk/albums/show.dml?id=6973552). As of today I have a total of 174 images in my FreeBSD Wallpaper album! I'll give away an original Magicjack (http://www.magicjack.com/) to who ever puts me over 200!

avilla@

October 16th, 2011, 02:26

With x11/kdebase4-workspace we install two KDE FreeBSD-branded wallpapers. You might want to add them to the list: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~avilla/distfiles/stripes-freebsd-1.0.tar.bz2.

Crivens

October 16th, 2011, 11:57

Sure, 2560 x 1600 or at least 1920 x 1080/1200, its pointless to create 'all rainbow' of lower resolutions since BIG resolution can be scaled down to the smaller one, but the smaller one can not be rescaled to bigger one, since it would not look good in any way, so its best to provide wallpaper in one biggest possible size.

I once had selected a shot from the hubble space telescope as background and then found it to have 16k x 16k pixels ;) No wonder loggin on was a little slow.

vermaden

January 9th, 2012, 11:18

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/150/f/2012/009/f/9/bsd_unix_heritage_by_vermaden-d4lst1y.png (http://vermaden.deviantart.com/art/BSD-Unix-Heritage-278480662)

stevekamau87

March 19th, 2012, 13:16

Anyone know where I can get this wallpaper?

(Don't click the link, Copy it and paste it in your browser address bar)
http://distrowatch.com/images/cgfjoewdlbc/freebsd.png

It looks really nice.

pestaa

March 19th, 2012, 15:59

http://www.grogy.com/local_doc/www/apache22/data/local_doc/kde4/share/wallpapers/stripes-freebsd-blue/contents/images/1920x1080.jpg