Qosmic is graphical interface for creating, editing, and rendering flam3 fractal images. The electricsheep screen saver has been gaining popularity, and Qosmic was developed to provide a Qt interface for people interested in creating and contributing sheep.

How to try it

There are a few GNU/Linux distributions that have pre-built packages, so you should check if one exists for your distribution first.

If you can't find a package, aren't a linux person, or you just really want to compile, then you will first need to have Qt4, flam3, and liblua. For most of the popular GNU/Linux distributions you will need to have the cooresponding 'dev' packages installed as well.

• Download and unpack the source archive, and cd into the source directory.
• Edit qosmic.pro to configure the qmake build system to suit your environment.
• Run the ./build.sh script to compile
• Run ./qosmic when the build finishes.
• Study the README file for tips on usage.

If you have a problem building then first check the README to confirm that you have the correct library dependencies. There is also a Build and Install wiki page containing a section that provides some guidance for Ubuntu users.

Links

• flam3.com - for more information on libflam3
• the electric sheep collective dream
• Icons used in Qosmic are part of the Silk Icon Set
• Apophysis - the flam3 editor for windows
• A list of changes made in each version
• Some Lua example scripts for use in Qosmic
• More screenshots of older versions.