Post GiFs and webms that would make for nice wallpapers.
>Short Linux Guide
You can use mpv or gifview from the gifsicle package to draw to the root window.
You also need a compositor like compton (if you use a DE you probably have one) and xwinwrap to make it work with the compositor (see this thread for more details: https://github.com/chjj/compton/issues/226).
You can download the xwinwrap .deb file from here http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/09/03/shantz-xwinwrap.html.
For Arch based distros, the AUR package name is shantz-xwinwrap-bzr.
mpv command:
>$ xwinwrap -ov -fs -- mpv -wid WID --loop=inf --no-osc --no-terminal path/to/video
gifview command:
>$ xwinwrap -ov -fs -- gifview -w WID -a path/to/gif
To make one of those run on startup just put it in your .xinitrc and end it with a '&' sign.
Although you can use mpv to play GIFs, it might be better performance-wise to use gifview instead.
Also, gifview won't automatically center and resize the gif for you, some guy here made a script that centers the gif
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=926519
but you'll probably have to resize it yourself if you need to, with gifsicle or something.
Using mpv is certainly less of a pain in the ass, and it shouldn't be a problem if you don't use some really old hardware or some old laptop with short battery life.
Here are some more to get the thread started.
I attempted making a thread like this a few days ago and it died with 0 posters :(
Also, i only have mobile ones, so yeah
Well, the captcha is fucking with me so i give up on this dump. There's my contribution. There's a reddit page with papes like these, idk what it's called