XglSnow
XglSnow is a plug-in for beryl that brings the familiar xsnow christmas and winter feeling to the X-desktop.
Features
- Snowflakes falling in a 3D space
- Configurable
- Number of snowflakes
- Speed of snowflakes fall
- 3D space
Screenshots
Wallpaper can be found at gnome-art
Releases
Version 0.2.0 (Stable)
xglsnow-0.2.0.tar.gz (20.13kb)
You need to disable/unload the plugin in the beryl settings manager before trying to install a new version, otherwise bad things may happen.
You also need to make sure the png loader plugin is enabled, otherwise you will get white squares instead of snowflakes
Please use the bugtracker to report problems from now on. Please remember to include which beryl/xglsnow version you are using, thanks.
Also remember to check the current snow bug Reports before creating a new bug report.
- Known Issues:
- Crashes beryl window manager when unloading, simply reload it again.
- Changes:
- Fixed CPU load problem by adding update delay setting
- Several bug fixes, should work on all systems now
- Option for multiple texture files
- Removed "Use Display lists" option
Older Versions
xglsnow-0.1.4.tar.gz (18.61kb)(Moderately Stable)
xglsnow-0.1.3.tar.gz (18.61kb)(Moderately Stable)
xglsnow-0.1.2.tar.gz (17.75kb)
xglsnow-0.1.1.tar.gz (17.60kb)
xglsnow-0.1.tar.gz (17.60kb)
Installation
Download XglSnow above and execute the following commands to compile and install the plug-in.
$ tar zxf xglsnow-0.2.0.tar.gz $ cd xglsnow-0.2.0 $ make $ sudo make install
Open the beryl-manager, change the path to the snowflake2.png, and activate the plug-in.
Requirements
- XGL or AIGLX
- Beryl from svn
- Dependencies (you need to have these packages installed)
- beryl-dev
- libberylsettings-dev
Acknowledgements & Disclaimers
Many thanks go to Brian Jørgensen for providing invaluable support during this project. Also many thanks to the people on #beryl-dev for their much appreciated help, patience and nice words.
