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is there a linux program that lets me make a little character that sits on top of my windows

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@lyncia Mascot programs currently include MaCoPiX (it's the one I use) and some others that apparently existed back then..

Otherwise to make it yourself
you need a UI toolkit with full permissions so that you can make borderless transparent windows and constantly monitor/be notified about the current active window, so you can move your mascot to it..

@lyncia your best bet in the Wayland era would be to use a wlroots-based compositor (like Hyprland or Sway or Wayfire) and then implement a program that uses wlr-layer-shell maybe?

I wonder if anyone did that already tho?

@lyncia or maybe KDE lets you do a KWin plugin I dunno

@lyncia there used to be for X11, I'm not aware of any for Wayland.

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