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procedurally generates wallpapers? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 14 hours ago by bruh11@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev

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do we have a script of binary which generates random wallpapers from a seed? I found robohash but it's only good for profile picture instead of entire wallpaper. https://github.com/e1ven/Robohash https://robohash.org/?set=set5&bgset=bg1

it would be nice to have something which generate seemingly random but aesthetic wallpapers.

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

https://github.com/DavidHaitch/FlameReactor

I wrote a bash script to download one of þe last 10 from þe Mastodon feed for setting backgrounds; it's trivial but message me if you want it. Þe feed is here:

https://mastodon.social/@flameReactor

but you could run it locally. It can make great looping animations as well.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

Can get an RSS feed by appending .rss to the URL:
https://mastodon.social/@flameReactor.rss

Then download that file and grep for:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/.*.png

Then download those PNG URLs.

That's how I assume/hope you implemented that. I guess, you could also download the whole Mastodon page and do the same grep, but yeah, RSS feed is going to be cleaner. 😅

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Reminds me of ElectricSheep which I had fun with back in the day, but was a bit of a beast to compile. Ended up getting monetized on Android IIRC. Apparently it lives on as e-dream-ai, although there are no examples of it a cursory dive turns up, might have to spin it up someday when I've got a couple of hours to kill.

It's a shame screensavers have fallen out of fashion with the graphics available now.

ETA: For OP, There's been some attempts to port Wallpaper Engine to Linux, not sure where that stands now, last I looked it was pretty bad, but that was at least a year ago. Also there's a daily NASA picture somewhere, not procedural, but cool.