background cycler. Listen to system events (Such as screenshots, moving between workspaces, log on and log off) and change the background to a random one from an images directory. I've only used it on my system (Linux 3.2.0-23-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- Linux Mint 13 with maya) and I'm pretty sure it probably doesn'…

background.sh

#!/bin/bash

#Script to change background image randomly when switching workspaces

#image directories:


dbus-monitor --profile "path='/org/mate/panel/applet/WindowListApplet/1'" |
while read -r msg; do
        #echo $msg
        if [ "" != msg ];
        then
                PIC=$(ls ~/Pictures/ | shuf -n1)
                mateconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/mate/background/picture_filename  ~/Pictures/$PIC
        fi
done