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		muratsu on Feb 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Parallax wallpaper engine for Linux and W... I don't know if you're interested in monetizing this, but Wallpaper Engine on Steam is really popular (>500k reviews, 75k concurrent users). There's definitely a market for this type of product if you can find a way to differentiate yourself and crack the gtm strategy. eg seems like the wallpaper engine doesn't support linux yet, which may be your early wedge. Good luck! https://store.steampowered.com/app/431960/Wallpaper_Engine/

malnourish on Feb 23, 2023 | [–]

Believe it or not, Wallpaper Engine apparently works through Proton and a KDE plugin:

https://www.protondb.com/app/431960

prophesi on Feb 23, 2023 | | [–]

I could see adding a nice GUI app for uploading/managing layers, editing the config, etc making waves on Steam.

Czikenix on Feb 23, 2023 | [–]

Thanks for Your advise! It sounds really interesting, I have to think about it

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