For years, I had a slideshow running in my living room, displaying all my digital photos in random order. Over time, I experimented with various screensaver applications, with xscreensaver’s glslideshow being the last one I used. However, I eventually grew frustrated with its inability to display the file path in a meaningful way. I didn’t want the full path cluttering the screen—just the subfolders, which would provide the context I needed to recall when and where a photo was taken.
Since my photos are meticulously organized in a structured folder system, I decided to solve the issue myself. I built a small JavaFX application, which has been running in our living room for the past few years.
Recently, I upgraded my home server and switched to Wayland, prompting me to update the application accordingly. At the same time, I figured—why not make it publicly available? So that’s exactly what I’m doing. The application is meant to run on Gnome with Wayland
Installation is still a pretty rough experience but I plan to improve this. Head over and check it out at: https://gitlab.com/raginggoblin/slideshow
