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:
or
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
or
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