Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – Jammy Jellyfish has recently been released and it uses GNOME 42 as its default desktop environment.
Even though you’re also getting some new wallpapers (including dynamic ones) with this release, you might still feel that they simply do not cut it. If that’s the case, you might want to check out Dynamic Wallpaper.
As its name hints, Dynamic Wallpaper is a dynamic wallpaper creator. It’s a modern GTK4 application that is specifically designed for GNOME 42 (meaning it works on all OSes that run GNOME, not only Ubuntu).
What exactly does it do?
Before anything, it’s important to note that the default GNOME 42 comes with a standardized dark mode implementation. In short, all modern GNOME apps respect this standard, and it’s really nice. When both dark and light modes are active, all apps and the dynamic wallpapers change accordingly.
Having said that, Dynamic Wallpaper allows you to create your own custom dynamic wallpapers that also change according to which theme (dark or light) you choose.
Create custom dynamic wallpapers with just a few clicks
Dynamic Wallpaper is not what one might call an impressive app, even though it does its job in a stellar fashion. The GUI, while modern, is pretty plain.
Therefore, creating your own dynamic wallpaper is now as easy as finding a pair of complementary images, loading them into the app, entering a name for your dynamic wallpaper, and that’s about it: you now have a custom dynamic wallpaper that’s ready to use directly from the Appearance panel.
Conclusion
To conclude, Dynamic Wallpaper is not a dynamic wallpaper creator in the true sense of the word, but rather it provides a straightforward way for you to create wallpaper pairs that automatically change when you toggle between the Light/Dark modes.
