Carmen Alvarez - Nounours for Linux

Nounours for Linux is based on the app I created for Android and iPhone, but is rewritten in C for Linux (using the X11 API), and offers a standalone app as well as a screensaver (integrated with xscreensaver).

As with the Android app and Live Wallpapers, Nounours for Linux has several themes, including a theme featuring the Android robot.

The app and screensaver may be launched by searching for Nounours in Unity, or in the Games menu in Gnome Classic.

The command-line for the app offers more options, to resize, stretch, or launch with multiple bears (like the screensaver).

The standalone app:

The screensaver can be configured to have multiple characters on the screen. The settings also allow you to set how long until the bear (or robot) falls asleep.

The screensaver configured with 55 little Android robots:

I want it! How do I get it?

The easiest way (but no automatic updates):

Download the debian package:

nounours_1.0-1_i386.deb

nounours_1.0-1_amd64.deb

Depending on your system, you may be able to install it just by opening the downloaded deb file.

Otherwise, install it with:

sudo dpkg -i nounours_1.0-1_i386.deb

sudo dpkg -i nounours_1.0-1_amd64.deb

To automatically get all the future wonderful updates (see the Todo list below):

If you are on Ubuntu (or use apt):

1) In Ubuntu (and possibly other systems), you'll need to add my certificate in order to add my repository to your system:

wget -O - http://rmen.ca/files/carmen.key.pub |sudo apt-key add -

2) Add my repository to your system: http://rmen.ca rmen_static/repo

There are a couple of ways to add it:

a) Add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://rmen.ca rmen_static/repo

b) Or add http://rmen.ca rmen_static/repo in Synaptic Package Manager (Settings->Repositories->Other Software).

Source code

The source code is available on GitHub (licensed under GPL): https://github.com/caarmen/nounours

Todo list

There are a couple of things I'd like to do:

* Package it in an RPM to make it easier to install on other Linux distributions

* Create an applet like Wanda the Fish