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January 16, 2018, 07:09:38 PM »
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I have recently discovered a means using conky to overlay animated images on the desktop.
Adapting code found here,
https://dolys.fr/forums/topic/lanceur-anime-bureau/
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I was able to contrive a few desktop animations like this one:
Been wanting to do this for a long time.
Several variations are seen here:
http://www3.telus.net/someubuntufreebies/desktops.html
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(1) LL5.0 on System76 Gazelle Pro L4P9 (2012) i7-3630QM 2.4 GHz - 8GB - Intel HD 4000 1920x1080
(2) LL4.6 on Acer Aspire 5515 (2009) AMD Athlon 2650e 1.6 GHz - 3GB - ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 1280x800
(3) LL4.6 on HP Compaq 8000 SFF (2009) Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz - 4GB - Intel 4 Integrated Graphics 1920x1080
(4) Xubuntu 18.04 on 32bit Acer Aspire 5672 (2006) Core Duo T2300 1.66 GHz - 2GB - ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 1280x800
(5) Xubuntu 18.04 on 32bit Acer Aspire 3690 (2005) Celeron 1.6GHz - 2GB - Intel GMA 950 1024x768
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Great work
@Oobuntus
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Alissa
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Good evening Mr Oobuntus
They look nice, my sister especially likes the violet atom desktop.
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