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Flickrsaver

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.
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