flurry(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 flurry(6x) 💖

okay bestie, sit DOWN, because this one is genuinely adorable. ✨

🌈 NAME 🌈

flurry — it's a colorful particle system, and it's giving main character energy fr fr 💫

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

flurry [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
       [--root] [--window-id number] [--preset <arg>] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically? this is a port of the OSX screensaver flurry. that's it, that's the whole vibe. iconic crossover moment, no cap 🫶

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --visual visual — pick which visual you wanna use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number of a specific visual (and yes, decimal or hex both work, we're flexible like that 😌).
  • --window — draw on a freshly-created window. this is the default, so like, it's already the moment unless you say otherwise 💖
  • --root — draw on the root window instead.
  • --window-id number — draw on the window you specifically point at. very pick-me of you, we love it.
  • --preset <arg> — choose a preset! the options are:
    • classic
    • fire
    • water
    • psychedelic
    • rgb
    • binary
    • random
    • insane
not me having to tell you this: insane will never be selected at random, because it requires lots of CPU/GPU power. so if you want insane, you gotta ask for it by name. it does not come to you. you go to it. 😭🔥
  • --fps — show the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. numbers nerd era, honestly obsessed 📊

🌸 ENVIRONMENT 🌸

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number.
  • XENVIRONMENT — 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.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Copyright © 2002 by Calum Robinson. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

bestie the license said "as is" so if it breaks, that's a you-and-the-universe thing, not a me thing 💀 (but it won't break. it's particles. it's fine. probably.)

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

  • OSX screen saver by Calum Robinson <calumr@mac.com>
  • XScreenSaver port by Tobias Sargeant <tobias.sargeant@bigpond.com>

🎀 POSTCARDS 🎀

if you really like it, send me a postcard (after all, you're getting this for free!). please check this address by downloading the latest version of Flurry just before you send me a postcard — I may have moved. 🫶

Calum Robinson
133 Sydenham Avenue
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT4 2DQ
okay but the fact that he's asking for a physical postcard in the year of our lord is SO wholesome, protect this man at all costs 😭💜

🌸 and that's the whole page, bestie! this one's from X Version 11, version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026 — put that in your notes and slay the day ✨💖🌈

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