Virtual OS using same Wallpaper as Host
- by Jeff
Greetings,
I'm running a guest Linux OS on top of Windows XP, which rotates its wallpapers using the PowerToy Wallpaper Changer. I'm hoping for a way for my guest OS to somehow detect which wallpaper the host is using, and automatically switch to it.
Why? Because if I run my guest OS in seamless mode and have transparent windows, I want the transparent background to match the host OS. It looks nice that way :).
A couple tidbits of relevant information:
Guest OS is Peppermint Ice (Ubuntu based)
Host OS is Windows XP
VirtualBox as virtualization software
I realize this is somewhat breaking borders between the host and the guest, but I want my pretty rotating wallpaper! I'm guessing there is a way using scripts and shared folders or something similar, if not by means of just querying the host OS.