X11 lets any window constantly monitor keyboard input in the background, but in Wayland, only the active foreground window can by default. I unfortunately don’t know of a trivial workaround to allow that currently.
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BlindFrog@lemmy.world 6 days agoIt counts the keyboard taps & cursor clicks (optional) that you make, and your desktop pet cat taps whenever you type/click. As a reward for your tippity tappity productivity, you periodically get random cat costumes and skins. You can also buy/sell the costumes & reskins on the steam community marketplace.
It doesn’t work on Linux for me (mint btw), but I use it on my school laptop
I’m not sure how segregation/listening of inputs works between software in Linux, but if there’s a way around it to get bongo cat to work… 👉👈
Gawdl3y@pawb.social 6 days ago
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
That sounds suspiciously like the virus-riddled desktop buddies of the late 90s
BlindFrog@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Desktop pet, Mushi, from Hypnospace Outlaw. Looks like a cross between a pixelated pink slime monster and a cartoon pug dog