Windows
For Windows, there is an application for this called Gijsco’s Last.fm Desktop Generator and you can download it from HERE. Using it is very simple so I won't cover this part.
Linux
You must use Wallpaperfm.py, a Python script that generates desktop wallpapers from your last.fm music profile. It runs on Linux but should run just as well on Mac and Windows.
To generate a wallpaper using Wallpaperfm is very simple. All you have to do is open a terminal and paste the following commands:
To generate a wallpaper using Wallpaperfm is very simple. All you have to do is open a terminal and paste the following commands:
cd
mkdir wallpaperfm
cd wallpaperfm
wget http://ledazibao.free.fr/wallpaperfm/wallpaperfm.py
chmod a+x wallpaperfm.py
You can change the folder where wallpaperfm.py is downloaded and your image is created in the commands above.
To generate your wallpaper:
Obviously, you must change YOURLASTFMUSERNAME with your last.fm username.
This will create an image like this:
To generate your wallpaper:
./wallpaperfm.py -u YOURLASTFMUSERNAMEObviously, you must change YOURLASTFMUSERNAME with your last.fm username.
This will create an image like this:
But that's not all wallpaperfm can do. The script can generate 3 different wallpapers. Select the one you want between 'tile', 'glass' and 'collage' with '-m' or '--Mode'. For instance, running:
Will generate an image like this:
./wallpaperfm.py -u YOURLASTFMUSERNAME -m collageWill generate an image like this:
You can also tweak the canavas size, resolution, time period and many others. For info about all this, visit Wallpaperfm website.
