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Backdrops

It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.

Revelation of John 4:11 (BBE)

Backdrops (a.k.a. Backgrounds or Wallpaperare images used to decorate your Desktop. Most any image (in most any location) may be used. But, a Desktop will look it’s best when the backdrop is the same aspect ratio as the display; HD (16:10), Standard (4:3), Widescreen (16:9), or UltraWide (21:9), or Super UltraWide (32:9)

Backdrop / Background / Wallpaper


To change the Backdrop, right-click the Desktop and choose Desktop Settings…

Desktop Settings...


Choose the Backdrop location from the Folder: drop down menu. To choose a location not listed, choose Other…

Choose Folder: Other...


Organized by Aspect Ratio and Resolution, 150 photographs from 20 countries around the globe show off some of God’s creation at /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops

150 photographs Organized by Aspect Ratio and Resolution


Images were re-sized and / or cropped to fit the following common display dimensions:

HDStandardWidescreen
1920×1080
2560×1440
2880×1620
3360×1890
3840×2160
5120×2880
800×600
1024×768
1280×960
1600×1200
1920×1440
2048×1536
2560×1920
3200×2400
5120×3840
1680×1080
1920×1200
2560×1600
2880×1800
3360×2100
3840×2400
5120×3200


These photographs were hand-picked from collections at GoodFreePhotos, Pixabay, StockSnap and Unsplash. Photo attributions: /usr/share/doc/c4c-backdrops/README

Backdrops hand-picked from AU, BB, BS, CA, DK, GY, IE, IL, JM, MT, NL, NO, NZ, SE, SG, SR, TT, UK, and US


The final backdrop contains a solid color or gradient, with the image composited on top. Choose Solid color, Horizontal gradient, Vertical gradient or Transparency from the Color: drop down menu.

Color: Solid color, Horizontal gradient, Vertical gradient, Transparent


The Style: drop down allows the selection of None for no style, or for the image to be Centered, Tiled, Stretched, Scaled or Zoomed

None, Centered, Tiled, Stretched, Scaled or Zoomed


Check Change the background to have the system cycle through all the images in a folder in seconds, minutes, hours, at startup, every hour, every day, or chronologically (and / or randomly with another check box selection)

Cycle through all the images in a folder


Thousands more Backdrops / Backgrounds / Wallpapers are available online. And many of the best, free, Christian collections are listed below.

Backdrop / Background / Wallpaper

Christian Wallpaper 50 Stunning Christian Wallpapers, Believers4Ever, ChristiaNet, Christian Gifs, Christian Wallpaper FreeChristiansUniteCrossCards Scripture Verses WallpaperEdenpicsFree Christian Wallpaper PostersFree King JamesGet WallpapersThe Glory Site,  Heartlight GalleryJohn Bell’s Art GalleryKJV Bible WallpapersThe SwordbearerWallpaper Abyss