Finally, a working xsnow for Gnome, KDE, etc. Based on the original xsnow-1.42 created by Rick Jansen, after the xsnow-2019 conference in Antas (Spain) we now have available a xsnow that works on many desktop environments, even Raspian. By request of many beta-testers, a graphical front end has been created as well.
For non-Unix users, there is https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsnow .

Features

  • Multi language support
  • Multi monitor support
  • Runs in GNOME, KDE, FVWM, TWM, XFCE, LXDE, OPENBOX, ...
  • User friendly graphical user interface
  • Supports xscreensaver
  • 5 Santa's to choose from, with or without Rudolph
  • 8 different scenery-items
  • Adjustable amount, color and size of snow
  • Moving aurora
  • Moon with halo
  • Windows and bottom of screen are collecting snow
  • Wind effects
  • Falling stars
  • Flocking birds
  • Easy installable: ./configure; make; make install
  • Debian packages available for i386, amd64, armhf & arm64 (Raspberry pi)

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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User Reviews

  • Mate, it's April!
  • very happy that I can finally have xsnow snow piling up on my windows again
  • Love this app, thanks !
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux

User Interface

GTK+

Programming Language

C, C++

Related Categories

C++ Simulation Games, C++ Raspberry Pi Software, C Simulation Games, C Raspberry Pi Software

Registered

2019-07-16