INTRODUCTION

ANTI-MS MODE

"Flying Windows" is an application for X-Window(tm) (X11(tm)) which displays a set of logos flying towards you through space. In it's default mode, Flying Windows displays logos similar to that of MicroSoft(tm) Windows(tm). Then, your favorite good guy appears on the screen to help destroy these logos by shooting them out of the sky.

The current good guys include:

Tux the Linux(tm) Penguin
The FreeBSD Daemon
A UFO with an alien design on the side not unlike that of Sun Microsystem's (tm) logo
A flying SGI logo

PRO-X11 MODE

Flying Windows also has a "non-violent" mode in which X11 "X" logos appear to fly across the screen. Since we like X11, nobody comes to blast them.

USING FLYINGWINDOWS IN XSCREENSAVER

PUT FLYINGWINDOWS IN YOUR PATH

Copy (with "cp") or symbolically-link (with "ln -s") the flyingwindows binary into some directory in your path. Try:

      cp flyingwindows /usr/local/bin
      chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/flyingwindows

or, if you're not root or just want this installed personally:

cp flyingwindows ~/bin

RUN XSCREENSAVER

If it's not already running, start up xscreensaver:

xscreensaver &

You'll probably get a window on the screen for a moment. Click "Demo", or run the command:

xscreensaver-demo &

I'm not sure why this window doesn't have an "Add" or "New" button, but if you want, you can replace your least favorite screenhack entry with the command:

flyingwindows -root

Hit [RETURN] or click the newly-changed entry to see flyingwindows take over your entire monitor!

If you don't want to kill any existing screenhacks, then add a new entry for flyingwindows into your "~/.xscreensaver" resource file. See "xscreensaver"'s documentation for details.