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How to remove XFCE login wallpaper

I made the terrible mistake of installing xubuntu-desktop. Following this answer I was able to purge almost all XFCE related components. However, the bright blue mouse-themed wallpaper is still shown ...
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How to change Ubuntu Budgie login screen background?

I want to change the Ubuntu Budgie login screen background to the one I'm currently using on my account; Just like it was with the previous Ubuntu versions with Unity with the draw-user-backgrounds ...
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Login Screen background changes itself before login in (ubuntu 16.04) [duplicate]

I changed the default login screen wallpaper to a custom one as well as the desktop background to a another custom one(basically I have two different backgrounds one for login screen and one for ...
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1 answer
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How do I change login screen purple color to another one or image (if possible) on Ubuntu 17.10? [duplicate]

I want to know if it is possible to change the login screen background to an image, or if not, how to change the color from the default.
Molham Mohamed's user avatar
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3 answers
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How to save GNOME settings in a file?

I save my configuration in a Git repository to restore it easily later. Recently, I stumbled upon an issue where needed to change GNOME settings with the gsettings command. Is there a way to save ...
Morgan Courbet's user avatar
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2 answers
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Change lock screen background through command line

I'm interested in changing my lock screen background through the command line. I'm hoping to be able to do it such that, after I run a series of commands, the next time it locks that image comes up. ...
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Setting custom font issues

Currently, I'm working on setting FreeSans as the standard font in my Ubuntu installation. But it stays ubuntu at three places: The category headers in the Unity dash, the text at the logout, shutdown ...
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7 answers
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How do I set the LightDM wallpaper in Ubuntu 14.04?

In previous versions of Ubuntu, picking one of the default wallpapers meant that you saw it on the login screen as well. I am now on a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04, the LightDM wallpaper appears to ...
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Grey screen background during logon

Earlier during log on my screen's background used to be purple,but now it has become grey in colour,is it OK?But can anyone tell me why does did it happen.And,how can I switch from Lubuntu to Ubuntu?...
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1 answer
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Cannot change login background / Also not auto changing

I have two machines running Ubuntu 13.10. One of the machines is changing the login wallpaper while choosing an account. I would like to have this on the other machine as well. But nothing changes ...
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Restore Unity Greeter

I've installed XFCE Desktop environment, but when I decide to switch back to Unity, while uninstalling the XFCE packages, the LightDM keep starts like XFCE, and I want to restore the Unity one. I ...
sinholueiro's user avatar
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How do I fix corrupt background in LightDM?

After a fresh installation of Lubuntu 13.10 the default background image is distorted (the provided image shows a part of it). All GUI elements are displayed correctly. If I then select a different ...
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How do I change the default logon screen in 12.04 [duplicate]

I'm wondering how I would go about changing the default logon screen (just the background) in Ubuntu 12.04. I can't seem to figure it out.
swiftimundo's user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
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How do I enable the user dynamic wallpaper in the login screen of Ubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]

Ubuntu 12.04 Unity greeter had introduced the selected user dynamic wallpaper which allowed, when selecting a user from the available users list in the login screen, the wallpaper to change to reflect ...
Marco Lackovic's user avatar
2 votes
2 answers
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How can I use custom wallpapers for the login screen?

I recently Installed 12.10 version and I loved it! But the there's something weird with Wallpapers. As long as I use a wallpaper from the /usr/share/backgrounds folder (I use the "appearance" dialog ...
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