"byzanz is awesome. i love byzanz. to me it represents pragmatic utility over 
 idealistic artistry"
   -- Mike Hearn

Byzanz is a simple tool to record a running X desktop to an animation suitable
for presentation in a web browser. It's design has been guided by the
following principles:
- PURPOSE
  Byzanz records animations for presentation in a web browser. If something
  doesn't fit this goal, it should not be part of Byzanz.
- CORRECTNESS
  When Byzanz provides a feature, it does this correctly. In particular, it
  does not crash or corrupt data.
- SIMPLICITY
  The user interface and programming code are simple and easy to understand
  and don't contain any unecessary features.
  Byzanz does not attempt to do be smarter than you are.
- UNOBTRUSIVENESS
  Byzanz does not interfere with the task you are recording, neither by
  keeping a large settings window around nor by consuming all your CPU during
  a recording.

Byzanz is implemented as a GNOME applet. A command line tool for testing
purposes is available, too.

The most current code is available in GNOME git in the byzanz module. It can
be obtained via the following command:
  git clone git://git.gnome.org/byzanz
Releases are available for download at
  http://www.freedesktop.org/~company/byzanz