From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Herbert,   
      
   > If you switch on the Laptop every day at nearly the same time, you will   
   > always see the same pictures.   
      
   In the above use-case you could perhaps take a look at the last two digits   
   of the "time" command.  Its the hundreds of a second, which for your "at   
   switch on time" application might as well be random.  If 100 different   
   results is not enough you could always add (some of) the lower seconds   
   digit.   
      
   Another solution is to calculate the random value yourself (I think you   
   might already have seen some example code for it) and save the resulting   
   value in a file, so it can be used next time you need one.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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