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Stored Wallpaper

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Can anyone tell me where the wallpaper files are stored so that I can add wallpaper to the list.
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I suppose you mean in your computer - not that you want to contribute to the artwork :)
Funny - I haven't even thought about where it's stored - but you don't have to know.
Just right click the desktop and select "Change wallpaper"
In the dialog that opens you have an option to add wallpaper
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But if you really want to know, they are in /usr/share/backgrounds in the GNOME version. In the XFCE version it's /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops (although /usr/share/backgrounds works as well since there is a sym-link).

However, the easiest way to add is to do what Husse said in the post above for the GNOME version. In XFCE you right-click > Desktop Settings, and just click on the folder icon and point it to your own backgrounds.

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Your right Husse, I don't have to know where the files are stored ! I asked because I wanted to know. As your signature says ' don't fix it if it ain't broken, don't break it if you can't fix it ' I want to understand Linux and the best way to learn is to ask wouldn't you say ! I strive to be an expert some day lol. Thanks for the direct answer to my question Lola Uila, much appreciated.
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I think that's the only place to get rid of a bunch of old wallpapers without having to delete them individually through the Desktop Background Preferences window (a pain).
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My answer was partly the way it was because I did not know and did not have the time to check :)
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Re: Stored Wallpaper

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well, at least you admit to one of your reasons
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i wanted to know because i want to modify the default lmde2 desktop background image; i like it with the colors inverted
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this doesn't tell me where it is with mate, but i have a place to start looking

[edit: it is /usr/share/backgrounds/ ]
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