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Recover screen saver after fresh installation

Asked by Stefank

By fresh installing Ubuntu 12.04LTS, I have lost my screensaver of shots from the Hubble Space Telescope, provided by Natty Narwhal 10.04LTS. It was inspiring to get different shots of the universe every 15 minutes or so, while I was working. How do I get it back? The System Settings - Appearance Box doesn't provide this facility.

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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

Lets clear up some things.

First, the 10.04 LTS is not Natty Narwall but is Lucid Lynx instead.
Second, you describe the wallpaper and not the screensaver. When you are working in desktop environment then the screensaver cannot be active. So I guess you mean the wallpaper that changes every X minutes. I don't know if you can find the same wallpapers (space) but a program exists in 12.04 that can do the same "job". The name of the program is : wallch.

Open the software center and write : wallch in search box and install it.

Then you can find your own wallpapers and set them to change every X minutes.

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 NikTh

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Stefank (stefankarpik) said : 		#2

Thank you, NikTh, for understanding my badly expressed question and for coming up with a solution so quickly. I still miss the old facility on Lucid Lynx, but this is a reasonable workaround and thank-you for pointing it out.