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Re: Linux screensaver

From Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Linux screensaver
Date 2020-06-18 18:48 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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Thanks.

Hul

Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> At Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:12:22 +0000 (UTC) Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> wrote:

> > 
> >    After reading the remarks here it's apparent "screensaver"s save the screen 
> > from the results of continued and needless display of the same image. Ah so... 
> > I was looking for a program enabling pressing a key & having the screen's 
> > image placed in a file for later recall. Snapshot maybe? Imagesave? What's the 
> > suitable term?

> Screen Shot is the term you are looking for.

> >    Also, any suggestion on a Linux system that isn't hindered with ubuntu's 
> > sudo or ubuntu's witholding the administrator's password? One that has the 
> > "snapshot" (...) capability, too. And one that can be "housed" in a usb flash 
> > and booted when needed.

> "sudo" is not Ubuntu's.  All distros include it.

> Ubuntu does not "withhold" the administrator's (root's) password.  It just 
> never sets it.  Generally not a problem most of the time.  But the root 
> password can be set like this:

> sudo passwd root

> Anytime you feel you need root to have an actual password.  If that floats 
> your boat...

> > 
> > Hul
> >                               
> > 

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Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-17 20:12 +0000
  Re: Linux screensaver Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2020-06-17 15:37 -0500
    Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:48 +0000
  Re: Linux screensaver Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2020-06-17 21:05 +0000
    Re: Linux screensaver Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2020-06-17 21:54 +0000
      Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:54 +0000
    Re: Linux screensaver gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2020-06-17 23:26 +0000
      Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:55 +0000
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  Re: Linux screensaver Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2020-06-17 23:37 -0700
    Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-18 18:59 +0000
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      Re: Linux screensaver Hul Tytus <ht@panix.com> - 2020-06-22 20:15 +0000
  Re: Linux screensaver Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-06-18 17:57 +0000
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