NASA releases high resolution images from the Hubble telescope. If you like space stuff I highly recommend checking it out.
Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds
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#52NASA releases high resolution images from the Hubble telescope. If you like space stuff I highly recommend checking it out.
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#53I used Trianglify to generate some 60-odd backgrounds and have stuck to them (rotating automatically) over quite some time.
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#55Years ago I used DeviantArt quite a bit for that ( https://www.deviantart.com/ ). I don't really know how good a resource it is these days but it's still a thing.
I go here a lot for backgrounds, good resource.
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#56Slight tangent, I find it interesting how a lot of (non technical) people these days refer to their desktop background images as "screen savers". I am of a generation that remember when screen saver programs were widely used to prevent monitor burn in. I'm guessing that the term has persisted without the understanding of what it actually means because screen saver programs are rarely used any more, power saving features have taken over.
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#57Years ago I used DeviantArt quite a bit for that ( https://www.deviantart.com/ ). I don't really know how good a resource it is these days but it's still a thing.
This comment brings me back to XP
In my case it brings me back to when Ubuntu was shipped on a free CD-Rom from Canonical.
Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds
#58https://wallhaven.cc has a solid selection and some basic filters.
This is my goto. I think they do (or used) to scrape 4chan for the wallpapers.
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#59InterfaceLift is my favorite for landscape photography:
Grab images while you can though, this site does go down occasionally.
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#60The best one I found was https://Unsplash.com It has 1000s of high quality absolutely free images. You can even use them for commercial purposes for free legally.
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