Use a Web page as Screensaver (Linux)

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Published on 2010-03-16T10:11:17Z Indexed on 2010/03/16 10:16 UTC
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Heyo,

Is there an easy way to use a web page as a screen saver under Linux? preferably without allowing any interaction with whats presented.

I'd like idle admin desktops to show our network monitoring page.

Thanks

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