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From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 23:17:29 +0100
Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> wrote:

> >>- better random code
> >
> >/dev/urandom should be random enough
> 
> i mean that the random-code should at least not set the same splash 
> again :-)

It depends about your definition of randomness..., but:
 do {
	new_splash = choose_random_splash(path);
 } while (!strcmp(new_splash, actual_splash);

> >I think a separate gnome-splash port would be better.
> 
> yes! this is better.
> actually we could still do that. there are enough bsd-splashes available 
> in the meantime ;-)

Really? I haven't noticed this... ;-)

Bye,
Alexander.

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