Ubuntu – Where is the “Default Wallpaper” wallpaper stored

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I just upgraded to 14.04, and it's amazing. Obviously, I went to check out the new backgrounds and one caught my eye. It's an abstract blue design and is marked as one that changes throughout the day and its title is "Default Wallpaper". I really would like to find this wallpaper's file, but I can't.

If you are wondering, it looks like this:

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I've checked in /usr/share/backgrounds and /usr/share/wallpapers but neither has them, just the picture wallpaper. Is there a special place that the ones that change are stored, or are they simply inaccessible?

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I don't think this is a default wallpaper, or at least I don't have it.

You can get the location of your current wallpaper by executing gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri as an user who has set this wallpaper.

I've never heard of "dynamic wallpapers" in Ubuntu so I hope this method still works for you.

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Ubuntu – How to add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter

After you added you images to /usr/share/backgrounds you need to open the Change Desktop Background dialog by right clicking in your desktop and selecting it.

After the dialog is open you can click the + to add the backgrounds you just copied to /usr/share/backgrounds

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Add all the images you have in /usr/share/backgrounds, after you have done that you can select one and it will become your background.

If you are using 12.04 that same image will become the dynamic background for the Unity Greeter. If it does not follow the Setting the dynamic switching off section of How do I change the wallpaper in LightDM? except instead of actually switching it off you use the command

gsettings reset com.canonical.unity-greeter draw-user-backgrounds

has described in the answer.

Note to summarise:

Step 1: Add you custom wallpaper to `/usr/share/backgrounds
Step 2: Is conditional if you want your custom wallpaper to appear in the dynamic unity greeter (log in) in 12.04. Right click on your custom image and select "Properties" then select the Permissions tab. Navigate to the "Other" permission and change it from None to "Read-only". Note: If you don't do this Unity's default wallpaper will appear in Unity Greeter.
Step 3: Now you need to open the Change Desktop Background dialog by right clicking on your desktop and selecting it.
Step 4: After the dialog is open you can click the + to add the backgrounds you just copied to`/usr/share/backgrounds.
Step 5: Select your image to and change your desktop background`
Step 6: Log out and see the Unity Greeters background is your custom image

Ubuntu – How to move the downloaded wallpapers to the default wallpaper directory

The theme section you are shown when selecting properties from the desktop also has a drop down menu to select a wallpaper from the /home/$USER/Pictures/ folder.

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This should be the most logical place to store pictures.

Nevertheless the command to store those images in /usr/share/background/ would be

sudo cp /home/$USER/Desktop/wallpapers/* /usr/share/backgrounds/

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