Free computers background software for linux

gnome-backgrounds contains a set of backgrounds packaged with the GNOME desktop.

Backgrounds:

Branded

- GNOME-Curves.png Model by Jakub Steiner/Rendered by Ulisse Perusin/Retouched by Lapo Calamandrei

Tiles and Translucent backgrounds by Andreas Nilsson and Lapo Calamandrei

Nature

- FreshFlower.jpg Jens Ansorg
- OpenFlower.jpg Garrett LeSage
- GreenMeadow.jpg Timothy Schellhase, retouched by Lapo Calamandrei

GNOME floating background project subtly changes the color of the GNOME desktop over time -- so slowly that it wont be noticed. This is a good alternative to placing a wallpaper.

The program does have a minimal processor time consumption, as it
sleeps most of the time and its computations are not complicated. In
fact, GFloatbg doesnt change the color directly. It relies on
Nautilus (or an equivalent application) to paint the background using
the color set in the gconf key
/desktop/gnome/background/primary_color, which this program updates
periodically.

GFloatbg doesnt use any window, button or menu, and it can only be
stopped by killing it. This is a feature I dont like too much, but
making a realy nice user interface is just too much for such a little
joke...

GFloatbg starts with a random color and changes it deterministicly by
moving through a HSV-model of colors.

In the HSV-model, colors are described by three parameters:

h = hue stands for the tint of a color
(0 degrees is red, 60 = yellow, 120 = green, 180 = aquamarine, etc)
s = saturations stands for the brightness of the color
(0 = white, 1 = bright)
v = value stands for the intensity of the color
(0 = black, 1 = normal)

Every 10 seconds the hue is increased by 1 degree and the saturation
is changed by a sinus over the hue. The value remains fixed. The
default values are chosen such that all pastel tints are visited, but
these can of course be customized:

Usage: gfloatbg [options]
where options are:
-help
-value < float> (default 0.87)
-satmid < float> (default 0.375)
-satvar < float> (default 0.125)
-fase < float> (default 0.25)
value, (satmid-satvar) and (satmid+satvar) must be between 0 and 1

background-cover is an Amarok script that displays the album cover, track information.

Optionally the embedded track image on the kde desktop background, and changes the background at each track change.

Computer Temperature Monitor is a little applet for the GNOME desktop that shows the temperature of your computer CPU and disks on screen. Computer Temperature Monitor also allows you to log temperatures to a file.
You can set alarms to notify you when a tempertature is reached. Several monitors can be added to the panel to monitor different sensors. It is designed to look like the CPU Frequency Gnome applet. This applet used to be called Laptop Temperature Monitor.
Enhancements:
- The way the temperature file is read has been changed to fix a bug in some modules (acpi, ibm_acpi, i8k, and omnibook).
- Support has been added for Apple G5 computers (windfarm sensors).
- Support has been added for dynamic log filenames using patterns.
- A bug that prevented the icon from appearing sometimes has been fixed.
- A GConf key has been added for showing debug information in the applet tooltip.
- A Simplified Chinese translation has been added.
- Support has been added to change the logging timeout.
- There are some bugfixes.

PersonalDB is background process that provides access for multiple users to individual SQL databases. The SQL database provides a central internet accessible datastore for a variety of applications. In particular, the database can be used as a personal information manager (PIM).

However, SQL databases are simply a way of storing structured data. As such, a PersonalDB account can be used to store many different types of data. A PersonalDB account is an ideal way of storing information that should be accessible world-wide.

Personal data like addresses, todo items, and memos are certainly are good choice. A PersonalDB account can also be used to store application settings, so that they follow you from computer to computer.

Remote Growl is an extension to Glow which allows remote notification system for Max OS X (server) and any UNIX (client).

This package includes a Cocoa background application server, and a command line client to send notifications to a remote computer.

Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer is a Firefox extension that synchronizes your bookmarks with other computers.

If you use Firefox on more than one computer, youll want Foxmarks. Install Foxmarks on each computer, and it will work silently in the background to keep your bookmarks synchronized. As a bonus, log in to my.foxmarks.com from any computer anywhere to access your bookmarks.

A simple wizard guides you through the startup process. After that, just forget about it. Its simple and solid.

MEPIS AntiX is a new, unofficial derivative of MEPIS Linux aimed at computers with as little as 128 MB or RAM. A development release, offering the choice of Fluxbox or IceWM as window managers.