getBingDesktopPicture

Download the Bing Desktop daily picture and set it as background.
Written in bash.

Installing

For other Desktop Environments than Cinnamon you have to edit the line 26 in the getBingDesktopPicture.sh file:

gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background picture-uri  "file://$(pwd)/$varPicName"`

Script:

Put the getBingDesktopPicture.sh file in /usr/local/bin/.

systemd user timer:

Put the getBingDesktopPicture.timer and getBingDesktopPicture.service file in ~/.config/systemd/user/.
Execute systemctl --user enable getBingDesktopPicture.timer to enable the timer.
To list all user timers execute systemctl --user list-timers --all

Here are some useful links:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/Timers
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd/User
• https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.time.html#Parsing%20Time%20Spans
• https://kofler.info/systemd-timer-als-cron-alternative/
• https://jason.the-graham.com/2013/03/06/how-to-use-systemd-timers/