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New project released – Lifesaver

For a few days now I’ve been hacking away on a new project: Lifesaver.

The idea is really simple – it’s a screensaver for GNOME that displays recent posts about Ubuntu from Twitter and Identi.ca. That’s it!

The code and bugs and downloads live on Launchpad, and packages for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) are in my PPA.

Please let me know what you think!

Obligatory screenshot:

Lifesaver

Update: I had to remove the Jaunty package from the PPA because it turns out that I’ve been using GooCanvas features that aren’t available in the Jaunty version of GooCanvas. Sorry Jaunty users, you’ll have to wait until next month when Karmic is released and you upgrade!

Posted in FOSS, Techie, Ubuntu.

11 comments

By cmsj – September 14, 2009

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  1. Niels says

    Great idea! I’m definitely going to try it out.

    September 15, 2009, 9:19 am
  2. dinu says

    this is cool !! waiting for Karmic now !!

    September 17, 2009, 8:53 am

Continuing the Discussion

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  3. Lifesaver – Screensaver for GNOME  | Ubuntu Geek linked to this post on September 16, 2009

    [...] Lifesaver it’s a screensaver for GNOME that displays recent posts about Ubuntu from Twitter and Identi.ca. Install lifesaver in karmic [...]

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    [...] http://www.tenshu.net/ [...]

  6. Ubuntu: Lifesaver – Screensaver per Gnome « T4n|n0 Ru|3z Official Site linked to this post on September 16, 2009

    [...] Lifesaver è uno screensaver per GNOME che mostra i messaggi recenti su Ubuntu da Twitter e Identi.ca. Possiamo installarlo su Ubuntu 9.04 o su Ubuntu 9.10. Ci vengono in aiuto i repository PPA ufficiali del progetto. [...]

  7. Un peu de tout » Archives du Blog » Je suis sur Planet Ubuntu ! linked to this post on September 16, 2009

    [...] voilà que cela sert d’exemple pour démontrer le fonctionnement de Lifesaver [...]

  8. Lifesaver – salvapantallas… obsesion Ubuntu « Gabriel Vegas linked to this post on December 15, 2009

    [...] Visto en http://www.tenshu.net [...]

  9. Ubuntu: Lifesaver – Screensaver per Gnome linked to this post on January 9, 2010

    [...] Lifesaver è uno screensaver per GNOME che mostra i messaggi recenti su Ubuntu da Twitter e Identi.ca. Possiamo installarlo su Ubuntu 9.04 o su Ubuntu 9.10. Ci vengono in aiuto i repository PPA ufficiali del progetto. [...]



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