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stchris / getimg.py
Created February 19, 2011 13:34
Improved version of getimg.sh - gets the 'image of the day' from NASA, writes the summary onto the image and sets it as the Gnome wallpaper.
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
getimg.py
Gets the current image of the day from NASA and sets it as the
background in Gnome. The summary / description text is written
to the image.
Requires:
PIL (apt-get install python-imaging or pip install PIL)