How to develop linux screen saver

Question

Does anyone have a link or document on how to write a screensaver for Linux?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '09 at 11:37

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Here's some info on xscreensaver that you may find of use: xscreensaver also there's an FAQ here.

There's a simple tutorial here too: simplesquares (from the first link)

answered Jul 14 '09 at 11:37

RYFN

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '09 at 11:36

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This might be of interest to you:

it's from the xscreensavers homepage, it's sort of the de facto screensaver

answered Jul 14 '09 at 11:36

joe

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '09 at 11:35

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Google "xscreensaver", and you can learn from its code, rather than starting from scratch.

answered Jul 14 '09 at 11:35

Ryan Li

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