Wallpaper engine linux manjaro

# Wallpaper Engine на Linux, Mac или Mac OS

На данный момент Wallpaper Engine доступен на Windows и Android, и в ближайшее время мы не планируем портировать программу на другие платформы.

Мы полностью понимаем, что пользователи могут предпочитать и другие операционные системы, но сделать Wallpaper Engine доступным на всех возможных платформах — очень непростая задача. Ядро Wallpaper Engine писалось на основе абсолютно уникальных программных решений, поэтому объем работы, который придется проделать для создания полноценного порта на другие платформы, совершенно громадный.

У некоторых пользователей может возникнуть вопрос: как же тогда некоторые разработчики без заметных усилий портируют свои игры и приложения на Mac и Linux? Ответ заключается в том, что эти программы разработаны на базе широко используемых игровых движков вроде Unity или Unreal Engine, в случае которых от индивидуального разработчика не требуется сверхусилий для переноса продукта на другие платформы. Однако, в случае настраиваемых приложений наподобие Wallpaper Engine это работает совсем по-другому: поскольку такой функционал предполагает тесное сотрудничество с операционной системой, для корректной работы программа должна быть «заточена» под конкретную систему. В случае Linux все еще более сложно, поскольку необходимо обеспечить совместимость программы с каждым популярным оконным менеджером, которые значительно различаются между собой в зависимости от сборки.

Ситуация такова, что в настоящее время нам экономически не выгодно добавлять поддержку Linux или Mac OS. Если вы заглянете в результаты Опроса Steam об оборудовании и ПО пользователей

, вы увидите, что меньше 1% пользователей Steam используют Linux. И опять же, этот процент дробится еще сильнее, если брать во внимание различные сборки Linux. Чаще всего используется сборка Ubuntu, на которую приходятся ничтожно малые 0,25% пользователей.

Как мы уже объясняли выше, портирование Wallpaper Engine на другую операционную систему потребует колоссальных временных затрат, кроме того оно еще и значительно увеличит стоимость текущего обслуживания. В сравнении с потраченным нами временем использоваться такой порт будет сравнительно крошечной группой пользователей. Мы должны направить время и энергию на обновления и платформы, которые принесут пользу большинству людей, к примеру тем 96% пользователям Steam с Windows.

Тем не менее, мы внимательно следим за официальной статистикой Steam. Мы открыты идеям портирования, и если ситуация в Steam изменится, мы несомненно изучим этот вопрос и попытаемся найти возможность организовать порты на другие платформы, как только это станет реально.

# Почему мы создали бесплатное приложение для Android до поддержки Linux или Mac OS

Большинство наших текущих пользователей использует устройства Android, но не Linux или Mac OS. Вот почему портирование на Android было единственным рациональным шагом, когда дело дошло до расширения количества платформ. Создав бесплатное приложение для Android в качестве дополнительной функции, мы думаем, что значительно улучшили работу огромного числа наших пользователей.

Часть проделанной для портирования на Android работы позднее может быть повторно использована для Linux и OSX, что немного уменьшит серьезные препятствия, с которыми мы сталкиваемся при переносе на эти операционные системы. Хотя создание сопутствующего приложения для Android уже было сложной задачей, это все же было значительно проще, чем порт для Linux или OSX, который должен поддерживать полноценный просмотр и редактирование.

# А как насчет поддержки iPhone и iPad?

Мобильная операционная система Apple iOS пока не поддерживает динамические живые обои, в отличие от Android. Возможности живых обоев на iOS очень ограничены, поскольку iOS не позволяет создавать полноценные живые обои. Live Photos поддерживает очень простые короткие анимированные обои, но этот формат очень ограничен, и подавляющее большинство обоев Wallpaper Engine несовместимы с ним в том смысле, который мы считаем приемлемым.

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This is an educational project. Although the project started as a learning exercise on the Irrlicht Engine, it has kind of turned into an OpenGL one instead due to limitations and issues with Irrlicht (most likely caused by my limited experience with graphics programming). Turns out working directly with OpenGL is not as hard as I thought. For more information on the project’s license, check LICENSE.

2. What is this project all about?

This projects aims to reproduce the background functionality of Wallpaper Engine on Linux systems. Simple as that.

3. What is Wallpaper Engine?

Wallpaper Engine is a software designed by Kristjan Skutta that provides live wallpaper functionality to Windows Systems, allowing It’s users to animate their own backgrounds and sharing their own creations. You can find more about it on their Steam page

4. Compilation requirements

GLFW3 doesn’t support drawing to a different window just yet, so in order to properly draw to the background, there’s a custom version that is built as part of the building process of linux-wallpaperengine. You’ll need these dependencies:

• OpenGL 2.1 support
• CMake
• LZ4
• ZLIB
• SDL
• SDL_mixer
• FFmpeg
• X11 (with libxxf86vm)
• Xrandr
• GLFW3 (custom version already included in the repository)
• GLM
• GLEW
• GLUT
• FreeImage

In order to properly use this software you’ll need to own an actual copy of Window’s Wallpaper Engine as it contains some basic assets on which most of the backgrounds are based on. The only way to get those assets is to install the Windows version trough Steam. Luckily you don’t really need a Windows OS for that. Using the Linux client should be enough to force the download.

5.2. Extracting needed assets

Once Wallpaper Engine is downloaded open the installation folder (usually on C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\wallpaper_engine). Here you’ll see the main folders of Wallpaper Engine. The folder we’re interested in is the one named «assets».

The assets folder itself can be copied to the same folder where the binary lives.

5.3. Getting the sources

This project includes some git submodules that need to be cloned with the source code for it to compile properly. The easiest way is to recurse submodules when cloning:

git clone —recurse-submodules git@github.com:Almamu/linux-wallpaperengine.git

5.4. Compilation steps

The project is built on CMake as build engine. First we need to create the directory where the build will be stored and get into it:

Once the folder is created and we’re in it, cmake has to generate the actual Makefiles. This can be done this way

Take a closer look at the CMake output, if you miss any library CMake will report the missing libraries so you can install them either trough your package manager or manually in your system.

Finally we can compile the project to generate the actual executable

REMEMBER: The assets folder has to be at the same folder as the executable

5.5. Running a background

Currently both compressed and uncompressed backgrounds are supported.

5.5.1. Running compressed backgrounds

Compressed backgrounds are actually two separate files. One named «project.json» and another called «scene.pkg». These two files are important as one contains the background’s information and the second one contains the needed assets for it. For the program to properly detect them we’ll use the —pkg parameter, which will specify the folder where those two files are stored.

5.5.2. Running uncompressed backgrounds

Uncompressed backgrounds are just plain folders including all the resources and scene information all jumbled together. At least a project.json and a scene.json must exists for the background to even start loading. For the program to properly detect them we’ll use the —dir parameter, which will specify the folder where the background itself is stored.

5.5.3. Running as a screen’s background

Only screens configured with the XRandr extension are supported. To specify the screen names (as reported from xrandr tool) just use the —screen-root switch. You can specify multiple screens at the same time, for example:

IMPORTANT: Right now this doesn’t work if there is anything drawing to the background (like a compositor, nautilus, etc)

5.5.4. Limiting FPS

To reduce the performance hit to your system you can reduce (or increase) the FPS limit with the switch —fps , specially useful for laptops:

This was the first background to even be compatible with the software. And It’s not 100% compatible yet. Both textures and shaders are properly loaded, but there are still particles missing.

In similar fashion to the example background, this one represents the progress of the program. It leverages FBOs (targets), and multiple-effects over objects.

7. Special thanks

• RePKG for the information on texture flags
• RenderDoc for the so helpful OpenGL debugging tool that simplified finding issues on the new OpenGL code. Seriously this tool ROCKS

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Hello there, Im surprised you came here. Well this guide will show you how to USE wallpaper engine on your mac or linux computer.

FIRST OFF THIS IS LIGIT AND IS NOT FAKE SINCE I TRIED IT AND IT DID WORK FOR ME. (for when this guide was uploaded)

The things listed below are the things you will need: (no external software or programs other then steam)

1. A computer running windows

2. A mac or linux computer

3. steam (both computers must use same account or any way to stream between the two)

4. wallpaper engine on the windows computer

5. A stable and strong internet connection (trust me on this one, Its hell if you dont have this step on priority)

6. Steam streaming compatibility

If your ready then lets proceed with this madness 😀

Now you go on your mac computer and click stream
(The program will work with it launched or not. If you streamed it when it was minimized, you have a chance to have no control over it. To fix this, just open the program manually through the windows computer and it should just fix it)
(this step may take you longer if you havent done streaming on steam or if your streaming is bugging out)

And DONE. now you can use it (as shown here)

First off, Your streaming so that means that everything is being broadcasted from your windows computer.

That also means that if your resolution is bad on your windows computer, then it will be bad on the mac computer or if your window computer lags then your mac computer will lag or if your windows computer has graphics problems then your mac computer will have graphics problems.

BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR WINDOWS COMPUTER WILL BE SEEN ON YOUR MAC
(to put it simply)

you can use your windows computer like normal when your on your mac(open programs, playing games, shutting down, writing a guide while streaming from my mac computer. You know, the normal stuff XD)

Ending the stream (or turning it off) is different too. Its not too difficult to do. Just go back on the «browse wallpaper» screen and close it (the big X on the top). The OK button and the CANCEL button work too if your too lazy to press the X. It should return you back to your mac and the streaming should stop.

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# Wallpaper Engine on Linux or Mac OS

Wallpaper Engine is currently available for Windows and Android and there are no immediate plans to support other platforms at this time.

We definitely understand that users may want us to support other operating systems that they personally prefer, but it is really not a simple task to make Wallpaper Engine available on every possible platform. The core of Wallpaper Engine is a completely custom written software solution and the amount of work involved to fully port it to other platforms is enormous.

Some users might wonder how some games and applications have been seemingly easily ported to Mac and Linux by their developers: The answer to that is that these titles are based on widely used video game engines like Unity or Unreal Engine which do not require the individual developers to do anything significant to add support for more platforms. However, none of this applies when it comes to a custom application like Wallpaper Engine — since it’s an application which interacts closely with the operating system, it really needs to be tailored to each specific operating system to make it work properly. In the case of Linux, it goes even further and must be made to work with every popular display manager which differ significantly between distributions.

The situation is simply that it’s not economically viable for us to add support for Linux or Mac OS at this time. If you take a look at the Steam hardware survey

, you can see that less than 1% of Steam users use Linux. And again, this is split up even further into different distributions of Linux, mostly Ubuntu which comes in at a mere 0.25% of users.

As explained above, the time needed to port Wallpaper Engine to another operating system is immense and it will also increase the costs of on-going maintenance work significantly, while the possible user group benefiting of the large amount of time we would spend on this is comparatively very tiny. We should focus our time and energy on updates and platforms that benefit the most people, like the 96% of Steam users who use Windows.

Yet we are always keeping a close eye on the official Steam statistics and if the situation on Steam changes we are definitely open to look into figuring out how we could support more platforms in the future if it becomes viable.

# Why we created a free Android app before supporting Linux or Mac OS

A lot of our existing users use Android devices, far more than who use Linux or Mac OS devices. This is why supporting Android was the only rational next step when it comes to adding support for more platforms. By creating a free Android app as a new feature, we think we created a large improvement for the a vast number of our users.

Part of the work that went into the Android port can also be reused for Linux and OSX at a later point in time, slightly reducing the big hurdles we face supporting those operating systems. While creating the Android companion app was already a huge task for us, it was still significantly more achievable than a Linux or OSX port, where the full browsing and editing experience needs to be supported as well.

# What about support for iPhones and iPads?

Apple’s mobile operating system iOS currently does not support real dynamic live wallpapers like Android does. The possibilities for live wallpapers on iOS are very limiting since iOS does not allow for true live wallpapers. There is some limited support for very basic short animated wallpapers in the form of Live Photos but the format is very restrictive and the vast majority of Wallpaper Engine wallpapers aren’t really compatible with it in a way that we deem acceptable.

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