GNU Linux MATE Desktop – how to change gnome-screensaver Picture folder? (ChatGPT failed this task)

01.Nov.2024

crazy stuff, General / Allgemein, Gnome, GNU Linux and Mate Gnome2 Desktop

thanks for the EXCELLENT minimalistic MATE Desktop, but this needs to be easier X-D

(even ChatGPT of 2024-11 failed to change that screensaver picture folder X-D

hostnamectrl; # tested on
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-26-amd64
Architecture: x86-64

# make sure the folder exists
mkdir -p /home/user/Pictures/backgrounds/nature 
# copy some pictures into it

# MAKE SURE TO MODIFY THE PATH MARKED IN RED!
Exec=/usr/lib/mate-screensaver/mate-screensaver/slideshow --location=/home/user/Pictures/backgrounds/nature 
# in this file
su - root
vim /usr/share/applications/screensavers/nature-slideshow.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name[de]=Nature
Name[en_AU]=Nature
Name[en_CA]=Nature
Name[en_GB]=Nature
Name[es]=Nature
Name[es_AR]=Nature
Name[et]=Nature
Name[eu]=Nature
Name[fr]=Nature
Name[gl]=Nature
Name[id]=Nature
Name[mg]=Nature
Name[ms]=Nature
Name[nb]=Nature
Name[nl]=Nature
Name[nn]=Nature
Name[oc]=Nature
Name[pl]=Nature
Name[pt]=Nature
Name[pt_BR]=Nature
Name[ro]=Nature
Name[si]=Nature
Name[sv]=Nature
Name[ta]=Nature
Name=Nature
Comment=Display a slideshow of pictures of the nature
Exec=/usr/lib/mate-screensaver/mate-screensaver/slideshow --location=/home/user/Pictures/backgrounds/nature
TryExec=/usr/lib/mate-screensaver/mate-screensaver/slideshow
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Screensaver;
# Translators: Search terms to find this application. Do NOT translate or localize the semicolons! The list MUST also end with a semicolon!
Keywords=MATE;screensaver;slideshow;nature;
OnlyShowIn=MATE;

# then start
mate-screensaver-preferences

now hit “WindowsButton + L” (log off)

the slideshow should start and display beautiful pictures from nature of that folder with the same name

# ChatGPT failed on this task:

nature-slideshow.desktop: Help me to translate the word “cosmos” (it is in several languages) to “nature”

# the result
[Desktop Entry]
Name[am]=ጠፈር
Name[ar]=الكَوْن
Name[as]=কসমস
Name[ast]=Cosmos
Name[be]=Космас
Name[bg]=Космос
Name[bn]=কসমস
Name[bn_IN]=কসমস
Name[br]=Kosmos
Name[ca]=Cosmos
Name[ca@valencia]=Cosmos
Name[cmn]=宇宙
Name[crh]=Kâinat
Name[cs]=Kosmos
Name[cy]=Cosmos
Name[da]=Kosmos
Name[de]=Weltraum
Name[dz]=ཀོསི་མཱོསི།
Name[el]=Cosmos
Name[en_AU]=Cosmos
Name[en_CA]=Cosmos
Name[en_GB]=Cosmos

#wtf?

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