Flickrsaver is a project mainly written in Python, based on the View license.
A screensaver for Flickr enthusiasts
Flickrsaver
A screensaver for Flickr enthusiasts
~ What is it?
Flickrsaver displays photos from Flickr as a screensaver.
It is built on Python and Clutter, and designed for Linux-based
systems.
~ What do I need?
Python 2.6+ with argparse
PyClutter 1.0.2+
PyGTK 2.12+
python-flickrapi
~ How does it work?
Flickrsaver downloads and keeps a pool of photos in ~/.cache/flickrsaver/
Photos are shown at random, and new photos are downloaded to the pool
every time one is shown.
~ Usage
flickrsaver.py [OPTIONS]
Photo sources:
-u, --user <user_id> Show photos from user's Photostream
-g, --group <group_id> Show photos from group's Photo pool
-i, --interesting Show interesting photos
-s, --search <text> Show photos matching text
Other options:
--info Show information about the photos
If no photo sources are specified, --interesting is implied.