In preparation for the upcoming Winter activities I thought I see if there are any "Christmas" screensaver/effects etc. that would run on my lashup.
I installed xsnow, but discovered that it runs in the "xwindow" and so can't be seen because of the KDE GUI and so it is eating up cycles but not viewable.
I then tried the "snow" effect in menu/system settings/dekstop effects/all effects.
One has probably "at least" toggle the "last state" to "enable" and "at startup, but to get it to run I had to change in advanced the compositing type to OpenGL 3.1, mine was at 2.0.
One immediatly gets some very nicely rendered snowflakes falling on the desktop, the default option is for them to run "under a window".
Unfortunately..........now.........those three......... "bare nekkid" girls on the beach (KDE look download) are now going to get kinda.........cold! lol
So I downloaded the "Ferry on the Bosphorous" and the effect looks very nice on the image.
One can disable the effect by going back through the menu to the effect and merely uncheck it and apply and the snowflakes are gone. Repeat as needed to enable or diable and thus save on CPU cycles.
if anyone wants to throw in some tips, expecially about the xsnow which has a cartoon santa, please feel free to so do.
woodsmoke
I installed xsnow, but discovered that it runs in the "xwindow" and so can't be seen because of the KDE GUI and so it is eating up cycles but not viewable.
I then tried the "snow" effect in menu/system settings/dekstop effects/all effects.
One has probably "at least" toggle the "last state" to "enable" and "at startup, but to get it to run I had to change in advanced the compositing type to OpenGL 3.1, mine was at 2.0.
One immediatly gets some very nicely rendered snowflakes falling on the desktop, the default option is for them to run "under a window".
Unfortunately..........now.........those three......... "bare nekkid" girls on the beach (KDE look download) are now going to get kinda.........cold! lol
So I downloaded the "Ferry on the Bosphorous" and the effect looks very nice on the image.
One can disable the effect by going back through the menu to the effect and merely uncheck it and apply and the snowflakes are gone. Repeat as needed to enable or diable and thus save on CPU cycles.
if anyone wants to throw in some tips, expecially about the xsnow which has a cartoon santa, please feel free to so do.
woodsmoke
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