https://github.com/fpletz/xfce-planet

Resources and scripts to produce a nice backdrop with pseudolive weather & satellite/orbit prediction using xplanet
https://github.com/fpletz/xfce-planet

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Resources and scripts to produce a nice backdrop with pseudolive weather & satellite/orbit prediction using xplanet

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fpletz/xfce-planet
• Owner: fpletz
• Created: 2014-05-26T14:20:10.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-05-26T14:22:10.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-21T15:10:13.587Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 32.7 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# xfce-planet

A collection of resources and scripts to feed and manage xplanet's weather

and satellite (two-line elements) files.

It was born out of the necessity to get xplanet to work with xfce or

other compositing window managers, where xplanet cannot take over

(or you don't want it to) the root window to draw on.

Of course, it should be possible to use this with just minor tweaks

for any other window manager.

![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chron0/xfce-planet/master/example_output.jpg "Example output")

## Installation

### Dependencies

Make sure the following tools are available on your system:

* xplanet

* convert (imagemagick)

* dos2unix (some TLE's have some really weird chars that break xplanet)

* unzip

* wget

* bash

### Cloning the Repo

    $ cd

    $ git clone https://github.com/chron0/xfce-planet.git

    $ ln -s xfce-planet .xplanet

## Usage

    $ cd .xplanet

    $ ./xfce-planet.sh

Or simply put it into your local .xinitrc/autostart system

Then select xplanet_output.png as your background image in xfce.

The default sats are a subset of known USA/NRO spy satellites to remind

oneself how far this totalitarian surveillance has come and the ISS

as a contrast showing a glimpse of global co-operation.

Goes along very well with the experimental ISS HD payload live stream:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload