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Lively Wallpaper - Open Source alternative to Wallpaper Engine for animated wallpapers. (github.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Figured I'd share this project as I don't see many that know about it! (Only available for Windows)

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[–] 50 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

I don't understand why there is no such projects as mature on Linux. With access to plugins for the most used desktop environments you think it would actually be easier to implement. Running VLC borderless in the background is still the way many people suggest

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Maybe because we Linux users never look at our desktop? 😅Dunno but would be nice to have

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    That's so interesting to me, because as someone thinking about switching over to Linux after playing around with it a bit, one of my main motivations is the ability to customize the desktop like crazy. Personally I like the minimal modern look, but I like that you can make it anything you want.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's probably more complicated precisely because of the multiple desktop environments and X11 set up. Windows you can make one tool to work on all desktops.

    You'd probably need systems for KDE and Gnome, etc. Perhaps Wayland may make this simpler?

    Ultimately I suspect it's just not a priority when the complexity is factored in. An animated desktop is pretty to look at but probably not a project getting lots of devs interested in if it's so complex to implement and maintain at present?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I haven't played with this too much, but I'm reasonably confident you only need an X11 and a Wayland implementation. Mplayer / mpv can play on "rootwin" on X11. For Wayland I think it's a layer.

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    • [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Here's an actual FOSS cross-platform alternative with Windows, Mac and Linux (Need to be manually compiled and still experimental) https://screen-play.app https://gitlab.com/kelteseth/ScreenPlay

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I tried downloading it precompiled and it just complains about needing libsteam_api.so. Gonna see if compiling fixes that..
    Nah, too much faff, as I'm on fedora. I couldn't quite figure out the dependencies.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    To be fair, I'm in the same situation. Fedora, Libsteam_api.so and more dependencies and all. Do want to share it out, even if I didn't work for me. No idea if it is a case of “Source only” or if the devs don't really know what they are doing and forgot to remove non-free dependencies like the Steam Integration.

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    • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    On GNOME you can try Hanabi it's still in its infancy but it's pretty good https://github.com/jeffshee/gnome-ext-hanabi

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not sure it's an alternative, it allows you to set wallpapers, but does it let you create them?

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