![]() ![]() INFO:variety: load_banned() ‘Missing or invalid banned URLs list, no URLs will be banned’ INFO:variety: process_command() ‘Received command: ’ I tried your solution and here is what the terminal messages stated: I don’t want to register a Launchpad account, but I have the exact same problem as this guy: One of the goals I have with VRTY.ORG is to slowly make it a meeting place for creators and consumers of original artwork, where everything is properly attributed, and once I have this up, I intend to remove support for sources like Wallhaven from Variety. The bigger problem is that a lot of the content on Wallhaven itself is of unknown origin and lacking attribution. Recently I have also taken a stance that I will be adding new sources to Variety only when they provide an official API, for another reason – scraping is a support pain and not viable for the long term. I’m not anonymous, so if Wallhaven are not happy with this, they can contact me anytime and ask me to remove Wallhaven support from Variety, and I will do it. We do provide a link back to the site and make clear this is the origin we are getting the image from. This is the case with Wallhaven – their policy does not forbid it, their robots.txt does not disallow it. Scraping is allowed, unless explicitly forbidden. Translations are provided by different contributing enthusiasts, you may join this effort here. Variety is developed by Peter Levi, a software developer from Bulgaria. You can find the source code or report bugs at Variety’s project page in GitHub. Regardless of how you install, you can launch Variety from the dash or applications menu, or by running variety in a terminal. If you have added the PPA, you may also install Variety Slideshow – a pan and zoom image slideshow/screensaver, which is an nice optional addition and integrates well into Variety: Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:variety/stable Variety is available in the distro repositories of:įor Ubuntu, a PPA is also available that provides newer releases than the ones available in the Universe repository: Variety runs on most distributions, including Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Fedora, and their derivatives. Sudo apt update & sudo apt install varietyĭetailed installation instructions are here. ![]() On a recent Ubuntu or Debian-based system (Universe repository has to be enabled on Ubuntu): It can be installed separately, but it integrates nicely with Variety. Variety has an optional slideshow/screensaver companion application, Variety Slideshow. Variety can also display wise and funny quotations or a nice digital clock on the desktop. It can use local images or automatically download wallpapers from Unsplash and other online sources, allows you to rotate them on a regular interval, and provides easy ways to separate the great images from the junk. Variety is packed with great features, yet slim and easy to use. ![]()
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