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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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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 45 minutes ago* (last edited 45 minutes ago)

Maybe you could use a fractal

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Might be worth checking artists on mastodon/blue sky under generative art tags.

There are a number, but it’s impossible to find their work because “generative art” has been saturated with stable diffusion slop. Tag search on those sites help

Many share source so you could contact them or run their projects to make your own wallpapers. Ideally, get permission though.

[–] bruh11@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

Thanks. found one on bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/art.camilleroux.com

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What is a "script of binary"? That description makes no sense. Why is the phrasing in this post so odd?

[–] bruh11@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

I meant script or binary. sorry for the confusion

[–] 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 11 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.