
So,
the project site .
The screensaver is built on the basis of the idea presented by Philip K. Dick in the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” and let me translate it as “Do Electrosmen Androids Dream”. When our electronic ward falls asleep, he connects with thousands like him, sleeping around the world at the moment, to create abstract visions of collective electronic sleep, also known as “sheep.” Looking at the quaint creatures you can simultaneously vote for or against them. The most popular live longer (more users see them accordingly) and have a greater chance to multiply. Cunning genetic algorithms are used, taking into account mutations and crossing with other individuals. Thus, the world electronic herd has long been evolving to the delight of the public.
Naturally, it is desirable to have constant access to the Internet with the widest possible channel, plus a little (by modern standards) free space on the hard drive for storing downloadable sheep, 1-2 GB is more than enough. The project is free and open source. The latest versions use BitTorrent for data exchange. You can also
download ready-made sets of sheep (Thank you
Shark for the tip-off), put them in the screensaver's cache and immediately start to admire.
The authors
took care of most OS
users : there are versions for Mac OS X for both FreeBSD and Windows. Packages have been posted for several major Linux distributions, but, having loaned everything, this screensaver is so popular that for my beloved
Archlinux the assembly was easily found in the repository.
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PS: Soon I am going to write a topic about the features and charm of Arch linux;)