New! APOD software

[soupphysics]

I wish these programs would have an option, where they just quit right after changing the wallpaper.

There is no reason for them to be constantly running. If it's just added to the windows startup, it can just update the wallpaper, when the computer is started, and then quit.

Unless your computer is on 24 hours a day, that would be best.

[geckzilla]

Heh, I leave my computer on 24/7. It seems to be better for the components. It even produces a nominal amount of heat in my room during the cold months. The monitor turns off when I'm not using it and that saves energy. It would be rather presumptive of the programmer to assume that everyone turns their computers off each day, don't you think?

[soupphysics]

What I am suggesting is the option to quit right after changing the wallpaper. The programmer don't need to make any assumptions for that.

Most people do turn their computers off daily.

(and it's no better or worse for your hardware to be on 24/7. It's made to handle it either way)

[canuck100]

What I am suggesting is the option to quit right after changing the wallpaper. The programmer don't need to make any assumptions for that.

Most people do turn their computers off daily.

(and it's no better or worse for your hardware to be on 24/7. It's made to handle it either way)

http://sites.google.com/site/apodwallpaper/

Send comments or suggestions to: astropod.wallpaper@gmail.com

[jerbil]

I have tell that I, totally accidentally, once triggered a button on my machine, Windows XP, and have always since got the APOD wallpaper, updated at about 6 a.m. (Universal Time) every single day. I do not intend to change the setting. When one shuts off one's machine (or not) makes no difference.

[lshamir]

Some users of APOD automatic backgrounder program have encountered difficulties installing the software on Windows 7. The problem is that APOD backgrounder currently runs on 32 bit systems, and does not support 64 bit operating systems such as Windows 7. We hope to provide a 64 bit version of the backgrounder in the near future.

[jumpjack]

Do you know any script/program/whatelse able to automatically change my wallpaper everyday to current APOD? It would be really interesting to find a new APOD on my office PC every time I turn it on!

[bystander]

http://nightskylive.net/software/apod/ <-- no longer working
http://sites.google.com/site/apodwallpaper/

[jumpjack]

cool, thanks.
anyone which is also able to show the image description...?

[jumpjack]

cool, thanks.
anyone which is also able to show the image description...?

never mind, I figured out which keywords to use for search and found this:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/apod.html

Properly resizes the image, and activates active desktop to display description with active hyperlinks!

[bystander]

BTW: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/apod.html just downloads from http://nightskylive.net/software/apod/

[geckzilla]

I don't think "Active Desktop" even works if one is using Vista or newer. It was discontinued after XP.

[Super Dave]

I thought there was a link to make APOD your background / screen saver each day. Does that still exist.

[bystander]

http://nightskylive.net/software/apod/ <-- no longer working
http://sites.google.com/site/apodwallpaper/

[ahecht]

http://nightskylive.net/software/apod/
http://sites.google.com/site/apodwallpaper/

That first link no longer works.

[sirald66]

UBUNTU 9.10
GNOME 2.28.1

I would like APOD to feature a desktop background image downloader for Linux.

There are several scripts out there, but APOD should vet them out and recommend a solid one.

[owlice]

The editors do not have time to vet software for users. I'm sure there are many people who would like such a script; perhaps you could talk about your favorite(s) and let others know where to find them? That would be very helpful.

[sirald66]

The editors know lots of people, they could assign this to someone they trust to figure out which Linux script or software can do this. The scripts (unless packaged) are above the understanding and safety for a novice to use.

APOD has been available through the Windows background changer for a very long time, but it would be nice if Linux users could finally benefit too.

Seeing a daily APOD on your desktop is an awesome experience.

[owlice]

So you'd like to volunteer for this? Thanks!

[rstevenson]

I would like APOD to feature a desktop background image downloader for Linux.

http://www.scibuff.com/2009/05/14/downl ... ch-script/

Sorry. Ignore this. It's a Windows script which happens to have the word Linux in it a couple of times, so it popped to the top in a Google search. But that search found lots of other Linux scripts.

Rob

Friends don't let friends use Linux.

[ekaim]

I've downloaded the new APOD software (http://sites.google.com/site/apodwallpaper/) for automatic updates under Windows 7 (64-bit) using Firefox. It would be wonderful if the image actually updated daily, as it's done once only. When I try to do an update "manually" on the Settings screen, the status bar says the update could not be done because the image type is not supported. Image types supported are jpg, gif, and png. I know that my PC supports at least jpg. Also, this message is obviously off the mark, because my screen does display an APOD image -- it just doesn't automatically update, as it's supposed to do. Can anybody suggest what might be amiss here? TIA.

[geckzilla]

That page directs your questions or comments to an email address:

Send comments or suggestions to: astropod.wallpaper@gmail.com

Did you try that?

[ekaim]

I'll try that now. Have found 100s of sites and forum boards on this topic, but couldn't determine where to post this query. Thanks for this suggestion.

[jjgomera]

I would like APOD to feature a desktop background image downloader for Linux.

http://www.scibuff.com/2009/05/14/downl ... ch-script/

Sorry. Ignore this. It's a Windows script which happens to have the word Linux in it a couple of times, so it popped to the top in a Google search. But that search found lots of other Linux scripts.

Rob

Friends don't let friends use Linux.

Hi,

I use a script several years ago to update my walpaper, Need feh and i use it in debian with openbox as window manager, work in any wm and xfce and lxde without problem, in kde and gnome maybe has problem with their wallpaper manager, i dont know.

old explanation in spanish, sorry: http://linexiando.blogspot.com.es/2007/ ... onoma.html

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash
imagen=`GET http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ | grep '<a href="image/' | sed 's/<a href="/http:\/\/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/apod\//' | sed 's/">//' | head -n1 |cut -d'"' -f1`
feh --bg-scale $imagen

I run the script at pc start, could be added to cron if the pc is 24/7 hour running.

Sometime ago i use too a conky instance to show the APOD explanation

.conkyrc

Code: Select all

#!/usr/bin/conky -c

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_title conkyapod
double_buffer yes
use_xft yes
xftalpha 0.9
xftfont Sans-Serif:size=9:pixelsize=11
maximum_width 800	
minimum_size 200
update_interval 100
draw_outline yes
short_units
alignment tl
gap_x 375
gap_y 25
alignment bottom_right
text_buffer_size 1024

TEXT
${font Anklepants:regular:size=11}${color #5da5d3} APOD$font
${voffset -7}${color #ffd700}${hr 1}$color
${color #aaaaaa}${exec GET http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ | sed -e :a -e 's/<[^>]*>//g;/</N;//ba' | sed '/^$/d' | sed -n '/Explanation/,/digg_url/p' | sed '$d' | tr '\n' ' '  |fold -s70}
${voffset -5}${color #ffd700}${hr 1}

Some others examples with my desktop look evolution jeje


Cheers!!

[fizzy]

Martin,
Unfortunately, we don't have anyone to write the new code for that. If you post your concern to APOD's discussion board the Asterisk, though, there is some (small) chance that someone may step forward to volunteer.
Regards,
- Robert Nemiroff

On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Martin Whillock <nitram82@whillock.me.uk> wrote:

Hi Robert. APOD wallpaper for PCs has stopped working again, could it be rebuilt ? I am using Windows 8.1 Best wishes. Martin Whillock in England.