pod_desktop

Bash script for automatic desktop wallpaper change using Picture Of the Day (POD) National Geographic or NASA.

HOWTO use it

• Download pod_desktop.sh and store it somewhere, e.g. ~/bin
• Setup cron to call ~/bin/pod_desktop.sh regularly,

$ crontab -e

30 * * * * /home/vvolkov/bin/pod_desktop.sh

• Call ~/bin/pod_desktop.sh for the first time manually (this should download the first image and create a symlink to it)
• Set your desktop background to symlink ~/Pictures/pod/wallpaper
• enjoy ;)

P.S. By default script downloads National Geographic POD, if you want to use NASA POD, comment/uncomment block of code in the script.