--- title: Experimental Code Enables Per-Monitor Backgrounds For... description: Developer Gianluca Masci has published proof-of-concept code enabling per-monitor wallpapers in GNOME Shell. The work introduces architectural changes to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/experimental-code-enables-per-monitor-backgrounds-for-gnome-shell-dtiiryvix twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Experimental Code Enables Per-Monitor Backgrounds For GNOME Shell | daily.dev og:description: Developer Gianluca Masci has published proof-of-concept code enabling per-monitor wallpapers in GNOME Shell. The work introduces architectural changes to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/experimental-code-enables-per-monitor-backgrounds-for-gnome-shell-dtiiryvix og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DTIirYvIX.png og:image:alt: Experimental Code Enables Per-Monitor Backgrounds For GNOME Shell og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Experimental Code Enables Per-Monitor Backgrounds For GNOME Shell **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Developer Gianluca Masci has published proof-of-concept code enabling per-monitor wallpapers in GNOME Shell. The work introduces architectural changes to support independent backgrounds on each display, along with a configuration tool for selecting per-monitor backgrounds. 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