How to get desktop backgrounds or wallpapers online GNOME Documentation Project gnome-doc-list@gnome.org April Gonzales loonycookie@gmail.com Get a desktop background from the internet

Your system comes with many available wallpapers or desktop backgrounds; however, you may also download more from many sources online. To do this:

Visit a website that lists downloadable desktop elements such as themes, wallpapers, and icons for your desktop. One excellent source is www.gnome-look.org.

Select from one of the many wallpapers available.

Download the wallpaper you have selected and save it on your computer.

To add the downloaded wallpaper to the available backgrounds in your system, select SystemPreferencesAppearance.

Select the Background tab.

Click on the Add... button.

On the Add Wallpaper window, navigate to the location of the downloaded wallpaper.

Click on the wallpaper to select it.

Click Open. This will automatically add the new wallpaper to your system's background selection. Your current desktop background will also be changed to the new image.

Click Close.