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[TDM]

I heard somewhere that someone who LOVES SRB2 is using special programs (Don't ask where to get them) to create "SRB2 Desktop Buddies", i.e. a little Sonic running around on your Desktop.

Is this possible?

(Sadly, though, I can't find the place anymore. Not when Googled, Windows-Live-Searched, anything. )

 

[Rob]

...What? I have never heard of such a thing.

 

[TDM]

...What? I have never heard of such a thing.

(Sadly, though, I can't find the place anymore. Not when Googled, Windows-Live-Searched, anything. )

 

[spaz16]

Actually, I used to have a program that could make desktop buddies, but I forgot what it was called. It was something like okakatu Buddies. I dont know.

 

[tails92]

Such things have existed for ages - it's nothing new.
There's a program called xpenguins that runs on X11 (not Windows-native, it's for Linux, BSD, etc. use WinPenguins if you're running Windows) and it has even a Sonic the Hedgehog theme in its official add-on theme package.
There are others, but that's the only I remember.

 

[Akuma TH]

And where is this Sonic package?

 

[Xtreme Starfox]

The only sonic package I found was for Xwindows. :(

 

[AlamGBC]

for a deb-based system, Like Debian and Unbuntu, let install xpenguins menu-xdg alien

sudo apt-get install xpenguins menu-xdg alien fakeroot

ok, let get the extra xpenguins themes

wget [url]http://xpenguins.seul.org/xpenguins_themes-1.0-1.noarch.rpm[/url]

oh no, it's in RPM format, let convert it to DEB format with alien(need fakeroot or sudo)

sudo alien xpenguins_themes-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

now we have xpenguins-themes_1.0-2_all.deb, let install it with dpkg

sudo dpkg -i xpenguins-themes_1.0-2_all.deb

note: Applications Menu, Debian is made from menu-xdg
now in a GNOME desktop, Applications Menu, Debian, Games, Toys, Xpenguins - start
ok, we got penguins, we don't want that
let see what themes do we have..

xpenguins -l

cool!

Sonic the Hedgehog

let start it up with Sonic and Tails!

xpenguins -t "Sonic the Hedgehog"

nice..., press Ctrl-C and let make a shortcut for them
do right-click on "Xpenguins - start" and Add lancher to panel
now, right-click on the new shortcut we have on the panel, Properties
let edit the command to this

/usr/bin/xpenguins -t "Sonic the Hedgehog" -r

now, why -r?

-r, --rectwin
               Toons  regard  all windows as rectangular. This option results in faster calculation of window positions, but if you use one of
               those fancy new window managers with shaped windows then your toons might sometimes look like they’re walking on thin air.