Show HN: High performance X11 animated wallpapers
So the animated wallpaper scene on linux is pretty bizarre. There are some popular methods out there like calling `feh --fill-bg` continuously in a bash loop but it sends your CPU usage to an astronomical 40% which drains the laptop battery pretty quickly. I couldn't find a reasonable animated desktop wallpaper setter, so I wrote a little utility in 150 lines or so in C that I call from .xinitrc to randomly pick a fairly unobtrusive desktop scene when I startx.<p>Quick youtube showcase: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZTiA885bWM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZTiA885bWM</a>