Description
This program is not a production-quality screensaver.
This repository provides a basic Matrix-style screensaver which can
be stopped by pressing Enter. Additionally, script
matrix_screensaver_img
allows images of this style to be
generated e.g. for use as background images.
Note that this was mainly written for educatorial purposes. Today, it can serve as a quick 2D graphics test. The code contains use for some advanced Java features: Making a screenshot of the current display and changing the monitor’s resolution.
See also: cmatrix(1)
Invocation
Start the screensaver with matrix_screensaver -c
. If
-c
is left out, it attempts to change the screen resolution
to 640x480 (for additional nostalgia…) while running the
screensaver.
Start the image generation with matrix_screensaver_img
to obtain file matrix-desktop.png
. Note that it only works
for single-monitor use cases.