Qosmic is graphical interface for creating, editing, and rendering flam3 fractal images. Fractal images created with this application can be used to contribute new artwork to the electricsheep distributed computing platform.

How to try it

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

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 Lua. For most of the popular GNU/Linux distributions you will need to have the corresponding 'dev' packages installed as well.

• Install all build dependencies.
• 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 qmake
• Run make
• 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.