Subj : Re: What is this .sheep/ that appeared in my home folder?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : robertharvey
Date : Thu Jul 29 2004 06:23 pm

rnwvr <rnwvr@hotmail.com> wrote 
> Did you install electric sheep (I believe it's a screensaver but I can be
> wrong...) If so the .sheep directory is nothing more than electric sheep's
> config dir :)

It is indeed, and it's a cracker:
http://www.electricsheep.org/

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