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Linux / UNIX Desktop Fun: Let it Snow On Your Desktop
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Feeling lonely this holiday season? Try Xsnow. This little app will let it snow on the Unix / Linux desktop. Santa and his reindeer will complete your festive season feeling with moving snowflakes on your desktop, with Santa Claus running all over the screen.
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I first installed this 13 or 14 years ago. It was was originally created for Macintosh systems in 1984. You can install it as follows:
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### Install xsnow ###
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Debian / Ubuntu / Mint users type the following command:
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$ sudo apt-get install xsnow
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Freebsd users type the following command to install the same:
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# cd /usr/ports/x11/xsnow/
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# make install clean
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OR, try to add the package:
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# pkg_add -r xsnow
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#### A Note About Other Distros ####
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1. Fedora / RHEL / CentOS Linux desktop users may find the package using [rpmfusion][1] repo.
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1. Gentoo user try Gentoo portage i.e. [emerge -p xsnow][2]
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1. OpenSuse Linux user try Yast and search for xsnow.
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### How Do I Use xsnow? ###
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Open a command-line terminal (select Applications > Accessories > Terminal), and then type the following to starts xsnow:
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$ xsnow
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Sample outputs:
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Fig.01: Snow for your Linux and Unix desktop systems
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You can set the background to a blue color and lets it snow white, type:
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$ xsnow -bg blue -sc snow
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To set the maximum number of snowflakes and runs as fast as possible, type:
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$ xsnow -snowflakes 10000 -delay 0
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Do not display the trees and Santa Claus running all over the screen, enter:
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$ xsnow -notrees -nosanta
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For more information about xsnow and other options, please see the manual page by typing man xsnow from the command line:
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$ man xsnow
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Recommended readings:
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- [Download Xsnow][1] from the official site.
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- Please note that [MS-Windows][2] and [Mac OS X version][3] attracts one time shareware fee.
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via: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-xsnow.html
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作者：Vivek Gite
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[1]:http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
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[2]:http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1
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[3]:http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/rick/Xsnow/
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[4]:http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/rick/WinSnow/
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[5]:http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/rick/MacOSXSnow/ |