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Why do you need an "Engine" for wallpapers in the first place?
by wnevets 4mo ago
Why do you need an "Engine" for wallpapers in the first place?
- nosioptar 4mo agoOpensuse (pre 11 iirc) used to have a really cool background where the lighting changed throughout the day, that probably used an engine of some sort.
- wongarsu 4mo agoBecause they are not static images. That's the whole gimmick
- jjmarr 4mo agoSo you can have an animated or interactive "wallpaper". The malicious wallpapers in the OP are hentai games.
- some_random 4mo agoBecause it's one of the only ways to get porn in China
- _--__--__ 4mo agoThe 'wallpapers' in question are pirated games made in renpy (python game engine) or rpgmaker (js based), which makes them a really good vector for malware. As another commenter noted this is a bizarrely common way for Chinese people to get porn through the great firewall.
- tsol 4mo agoWhy would that be the only way to get porn that they don't crack down on?
- wincy 4mo agoI use them because they look nice and with an OLED I wanted a dynamic wallpaper so I wouldn’t get screen burn in. There is adult stuff but everything I use is just video games and matrix scrolling patterns, that kind of stuff, so I can tell my monitor is on without getting burn in. I’ve got a high end desktop so can take the minor performance hit running it all the time. Unfortunately seems like I’m going to be uninstalling it.