Wayland screensaver, live desktop wallpaper, and screen-lock suite
WScreenSavers brings classic XScreenSaver modules and custom 3D WebGL scenes
to Wayland desktops (wlroots, Hyprland, Sway, KDE, GNOME) using gtk-layer-shell
BACKGROUND and OVERLAY surfaces, with idle detection, multi-monitor support,
an IPC CLI (wscreensavers ctl), and a Noctalia Shell plugin.
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Enable snaps on elementary OS and install wscreensavers
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install wscreensavers
To install wscreensavers, simply use the following command: