Screensaver development

shaakunthala · 06-23-2009, 09:58 AM

Hi,

How do I develop screensavers for Linux?
I don't have any idea. What are the programming languages I should be familiar with?

Thank you in advance.

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Shaakunthala.

italiano40 · 06-23-2009, 10:10 AM

you need to learn C++ and OpenGL Library those will help you write a screensaver

rylan76 · 06-24-2009, 02:21 AM

Take a look at xscreensaver, its full source is available - instead of writing a screensaver app from scratch, you can probably do a module / hack for it in the xscreensaver framework, saving you an incredible amount of work...

shaakunthala · 06-24-2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rylan76

Take a look at xscreensaver, its full source is available - instead of writing a screensaver app from scratch, you can probably do a module / hack for it in the xscreensaver framework, saving you an incredible amount of work...

Thank you for your reply. Can I use gnome-screensaver also?

rylan76 · 06-25-2009, 09:00 AM

I suppose, I've only seen XScreensaver run, and it seems to have a very modularised approach - so it might be better for using a s an example than Gnome's screensaver...