[eins1234]

This is really cool! Thanks for sharing!

Though one question popped up in my mind while looking at this... Given the trend of ever increasing screen resolutions with no end in sight, why don't OSes support using vector images (svg, etc) as wallpapers?

[hnarn]

Your claim that no operating systems support this seems extremely unlikely. I’m pretty much certain there are multiple Linux desktop environments that support vector based background images.

[ExtraE]

Still, the question remains. Why don’t many/most/all?

[eins1234]

Well, I had assumed none had support since none of the OSes I use regularly had support. I stand corrected.

That said, I do still wonder why none of the OSes that I use (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS, accounting for pretty much 100% of the OSes regular people use) have support for it.

[coolso]

Yeah but the problem is they don’t otherwise support a convenient desktop experience. Maybe next year will be the year.

[hnarn]

>they don’t otherwise support a convenient desktop experience

I have no idea what this means.

[artificial]

Everyone assumes everyone shares the same values. I think this person is dissatisfied with the UX on Linux.

[hnarn]

People conflating subjective opinion with objective fact is in my opinion one of the most frustrating things about Internet discourse today.

[arthurcolle]

no you're wrong

[roytanck]

This wallpaper generator was written on a Raspberry Pi running Ubuntu. Which I use because of its highly convenient desktop experience ;).

[smoldesu]

My current desktop has an SVG as the wallpaper for my main display and a webp on the second one. I guess I could switch them over to a png or something, but I'm too lazy and I haven't noticed any issues with it.