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Flying Toasters

Classic After Dark screensaver recreation for XScreensaver.

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Installation

  1. Install XScreensaver. Check your distribution instructions on how to do it.
  2. Download flying-toasters anywhere on your computer, for example /usr/local/bin/flying-toasters.
  3. Add path to flying-toasters executable to the programs section in ~/.xscreensaver. It should look like this:

    programs:                                                                     
                                    maze -root                                  n
    - GL:                           superquadrics -root                         n
    ...
    - GL:                           sphereeversion -root                        n
                                    /usr/local/bin/bin/flying-toasters          n
    
  4. Launch XScreensaver and select “Flying-toasters” as your screensaver. It has no settings.

Building locally

  1. Install libx11-dev and libxpm-dev libraries.
  2. Run make all from the source code directory.

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