driftclouds(6x)

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version 6.17 · 3 versions
, in fedora 44

💭 driftclouds(6x) — the XScreenSaver manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about driftclouds from the XScreenSaver family. it's a screensaver module. it is, and I cannot stress this enough, little fluffy clouds. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

driftclouds — little fluffy clouds.

that's it. that's the whole pitch. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

driftclouds [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--scale number] [--fps]

so you just run it, optionally with vibes (aka flags), and it does its thing. 🌈

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Clouds. Little fluffy clouds. ☁️☁️☁️

like. that's genuinely the description. the author said what they said and they ate. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --visual visual — tell it which visual to use, bestie. legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex, she's flexible 💅) of one specific visual.
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, you get this. main character energy by accident. 👑
  • --root — draw on the root window. yes, the whole desktop. go big. 🔥
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default: 20000 (that's 0.02 seconds, for the math girlies). ⏱️
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. pick your tempo. 🎶
  • --scale number — resolution. range is 0.1 – 1.0. default: 1.0. ✨
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. flex those numbers or don't. 📊

🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

  • DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number.
  • XENVIRONMENT — used to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root.

(yes queen, the environment matters. it's giving setup. 🧚)

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

iykyk — that shadertoy link is literally where the magic lives. 🌟

Copyright © 2016 by drift.

Anyone and everyone who wishes to use this shader I give my permission to use it in any way that you choose. Credit would be nice but I won't insist on it.

not the author being the most generous icon in the whole ecosystem 😭 we love a permissive king 🎀

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

drift.

X Version 11 · 6.17-1.fc44 · (13-Oct-2026) · driftclouds(6x)

and that's the whole page bestie, thanks for coming to my ted talk, go watch some little fluffy clouds bye 💖☁️✨

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