noxfire(6x)

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version 6.17 · 3 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ noxfire ✨

okay bestie, so this is noxfire from the XScreenSaver manual (section 6x) and it is literally a screen saver and honestly? it's giving main character energy 💅🔥

🦋 NAME 🦋

noxfire — screen saver. yeah that's it. that's the whole name section. iconic. periodt. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

look at that lil command lineup 🥹 every flag you could ever want, just vibing in a row.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

I fell in to a burning ring of fire; I went down, down, down and the flames went higher.

no cap, that's the entire description. the dev said "I'm gonna make a screensaver that is the ring of fire" and then quoted the song and left. king behavior fr fr. 💀🌋

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use. legal values are the name of a visual class, OR the id number (decimal or hex) of one specific visual. iykyk. 🎨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you don't say anything at all, this is what you're getting. ✨
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. whole-screen takeover vibes. 👑
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 20000 (that's 0.02 seconds bestie, blink and you miss it). ⏱️
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. math girlies rise. 🏃‍♀️💨
  • --scale number — resolution. takes 0.1 - 1.0. default: 1.0. 🦋
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. yes or no, pick your fighter. 📊

🌈 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), https://www.shadertoy.com/view/wfG3Dz 🫶

(go look at the shadertoy bestie, that's where the magic came from 💜)

Copyright © 2025 by Matt Vianueva. 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.

tl;dr: you can do basically whatever with it, just keep the copyright + permission notices in there, and ngl it comes with zero warranty — "as is", no promises, no take-backs. 🙈

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Matt Vianueva <diatribes@gmail.com>. 🫶

okay that's the whole page bestie, now go run it and watch the flames go higher 🔥👑

X Version 11 · 6.17-1.fc44 · 13-Oct-2026 · bye babes, slay responsibly 💖✨🎀

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