Great idea Sathia. And happy to know, you took the idea from PuduvaiGLUG. Additionally do check this project too - Variety https://launchpad.net/variety
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Sathia S <sathia2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > I got this idea when puduvailug came up with idea for naming machines with > "Free Software activists, Privacy enthusiasts & Scientists" > Link: > > http://puduvaiglug.wordpress.com/2014/10/11/edubuntu-in-girls-government-high-school/ > > I have seen desktop background changer app in *Ubuntu* ( automatically ). > It has feature "Picture of the day". That will fetch some random image from > wikipedia. App name is *Wallch* ( code: > https://code.launchpad.net/~wallch/wallpaper-changer/trunk ). It is > available in software center. > > Idea is to add plugin to that. > > Step1: There must be service (auto or manually) which will create photo of > free activist with description about him. It will be an web service. > > Like below. Instead of quotes we will have description about him. > > http://www.rugusavay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Richard-Stallman-Quotes-5.jpg > > Step2: We need to create plugin in Wallch, which will pick random image > from our web service ( like it doing for Wikipedia ). > > We may need to join Wallch mailing list for their help. > > So whenever I started my system. we will daily show one activist in his > desktop. It might help us to understand free software philosophy. > > This can be done easily by installing wallch. You don't need to collect > those photos and have it in system. You need to just select that option > "One day One Hero" > > Linux users or (Open source or free software enthusiast) may enjoy this. > > Suggestions are welcome. Or if this is already implemented, please share > the link. > > If not, > > Can anyone do this as a open source project? > > Thanks. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Regards > sathia > > Here I share my experiments with open source. > http://www.sathia27.github <http://www.sathia27.wordpress.com/>.io > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > -- Thanks & Regards, Prasanna Venkadesh. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
