In Operation
Here’s an image of Fantascene in action.
As you can see, we’ve loaded two live wallpapers, they play independently on each desktop. On our Intel NUC 13 Pro test system which doesn’t have a dedicated graphics card, it consumes lots of resources!
The software lets you download live wallpapers from a number of different sites.
Here’s the advanced settings that are available.
Summary
Fantascene is perfect for inclusion in our Linux Candy series. If you want live video playing on your desktop background, this is the program for you. Just make sure your machine has lots of spare resources.
Yes, this program is a big hog of system resources. Running on the Performance power mode, top reports playback of the two live wallpapers consumes around 250-300% CPU on our Intel NUC 13 Pro (this is a 12 core, 16 thread machine). It’s not only CPU intensive. The wonderful ps_mem utility reports memory usage at 1.6GB.
Website: github.com/dependon/fantascene-dynamic-wallpaper
Support:
Developer: Liu Ming Hang
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Fantascene is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction and Installation
Page 2 – In Operation and Summary
Complete list of articles in this series:
| Linux Candy | |
|---|---|
| ASCIIQuarium | Embrace marine life from the terminal with beautiful ASCII art |
| ASCII Art Converter | A small utility that converts images into ASCII art |
| BobRossQuotes | Collection of quotes from Bob Ross |
| Boxes | Command line ASCII boxes |
| Buoh | Online strips comics reader |
| cacafire | Color ASCII fire |
| catclock | xclock with an enhanced cat mode |
| cbonsai | Generate bonsai trees in the terminal |
| christmasfetch | Festive cheer on the desktop |
| chucknorris | Chuck Norris jokes in your terminal |
| cornyjokes | Corny jokes for the terminal |
| CMatrix | ncurses program that simulates the display from “The Matrix” |
| ctree | A Christmas tree right on your terminal |
| eDEX-UI | Sci-fi computer terminal emulator and system monitor |
| emoj | Simple tool that to find suitable emojis for pasting to your clipboard |
| Emote | Modern popup emoji picker |
| Evolvotron | Interactive generative art |
| Fantascene | Dynamic wallpaper changer |
| Fondo | Find beautiful wallpapers from Unsplash |
| gti | Typo-based curio inspired by Steam Locomotive |
| Hollywood | Fill your console with Hollywood melodrama technobabble |
| linuxwave | Generate music from the entropy of Linux |
| lolcat | Rainbows and unicorns |
| No More Secrets | Recreates the data decryption effect from the Sneakers movie |
| nook | Plays Animal Crossing hourly themes on the hour |
| nyancat | Terminal-based Pop Tart Cat Animation |
| oneko | Animal chasing fun |
| pipes.sh | Animated pipes terminal screensaver |
| ponysay | cowsay reimplemention for ponies |
| projectM | Music visualizer originally based on Milkdrop |
| pscircle | A different take on the venerable ps command |
| PyBonsai | Generates procedural ASCII art trees |
| pyjokes | One line jokes for programmers |
| Pywal | Generate color schemes on the fly |
| Relaxator | Relax to soothing sounds |
| Rusty Aquarium | Monitoring by visualization |
| Steam Locomotive | C program written in 295 lines. It's harmless fun |
| Ternimal | Animated lifeform in the terminal |
| terminal-parrot | Party parrot time |
| tetris | Tile-matching puzzle video game in your terminal |
| Variety | Wallpaper manager with many desktops and wallpaper sources |
| WallGen | Generate HQ poly wallpapers with a few arguments. |
| WallpaperDownloader | Download, change, and manage wallpapers |
| xcowsay | Displays a cow on your desktop with message |
| XDecorations | Add some festive cheer to your desktop |
| XScreenSaver | Framework and collection of screensavers |
Hi LL mods. Under “Pages in this article:”, there 2 links that link to the Variety wallpaper changer software instead of Fantascene.
Regards.
Torin, thanks muchly for spotting my mistake. The links are now fixed.
No problem. You’re welcome. I love the LinuxLinks website.