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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Anton Shepelev wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> Kerr-Mudd, John to Anton Shepelev:
>
>> > Progress for the sake of progress is meaningless.
>> > Progress shall serve the benefit of the end user, e.g.
>> > by helping them use their computer, OS, and software
>> > without the incessand upgrade treadmill, unless they
>> > need some functionality that cannot be implemented on
>> > their hardware for technical -- rather than capitalistic
>> > -- reasons.
>>
>> Feh.
>
> feg is a good image viewer.

Here's how I use feh to splat different random wallpapers on each monitor:

    feh --bg-scale --randomize --recursive ~/.local/wallpapers/ &

It's in my .xsession and also mapped (in Fluxbox) to the Super-Z key combo.

I notice feh is still getting updates (in Debian Sid).

-- 
If I were a grave-digger or even a hangman, there are some people I could
work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
		-- Douglas Jerrold