universeball(6x)

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version 6.17 · 3 versions
, in fedora 44

💫 universeball — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, sit down, we're talking about universeball, which lives in the XScreenSaver manual (section 6x, the games/toys zone 🎀). it's a screensaver. it's a whole vibe. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

universeball — screen saver. that's it, that's the whole name, she's mysterious and she knows it 💅

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

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

look at her. all those little flags. she's got range 🔥

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

A mysterious orb is surrounded by clouds. 🌸

that's the WHOLE description and honestly?? iconic. no notes. a mystery orb. clouds. main character energy, no explanation given, we simply respect it. periodt 👑

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --visual visual — which visual to use, bestie. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of one specific visual. your choice, your power 💫
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you say nothing, this is what you get 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window. you're painting the whole desktop, going full wallpaper mode 🖼️
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. Default: 20000 (that's 0.02 seconds). tiny little delay, tiny little frames ⏱️
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. go zoom or go slow, no judgement 🌀
  • --scale number — resolution. 0.1 - 1.0. Default: 1.0. full res, full glam ✨
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. yes queen, show me the numbers 📊

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. she needs to know where to show up 💜
  • XENVIRONMENT — to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. deep lore, fr fr 📁
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. teaming up with --root, iykyk 🔑

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

X(1), xscreensaver(1), and https://www.shadertoy.com/view/WcGcWV — go look at the original shader bestie, it's giving art 🎨🦋

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.

(translation: go wild, just keep the receipts and don't come for them if it breaks 💀)

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Matt Vianueva <diatribes@gmail.com>. thank you for the orb, king 🫶

and that's the whole page bestie!! universeball(6x), from X Version 11, version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026. slay, go run it, watch the orb, mwah 💖✨🌈
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