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Thanks for the info Bobbie.

Hul

Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> On 6/17/20 1:12 PM, Hul Tytus 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?
> >     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.
> > 
> > Hul
> > 
>        I started on Mandriva in 2006 and graduated to PCLinuxOS
> (a rolling release) in 2013.
>  Lately with a fresh usb/dvd capable set of isos out nearly
> every month, 2020.06 may be out now. If you can tolerate
> systemd, Mageia 7.1 which is updated when they get around
> to it. There were in the past a lot of screensavers
> including slideshows and mathematical based graphic.    

>        Both have KDE capable desktop managers but I prefer
> SDDM for my customized KDE desktop.  KDE is capable of great
> customization in terms of the desk top with menus in text or
> with more or less use of icons.
>        While Mageia has an installer iso with support for
> several desktops. PCLinux uses live Installer iso files for
> Mate and XFCE as well as KDE with installer tools that are
> easy to use  There are isos for Mate and XFCE as well as KDE,
> and the community piles on at some interval with updates for
>  whatever interfaces and native lanuage versions that they
> care to support but in regular PCLinux you can download a
> locale package to permit the conversion to a non-english
> version.
>  You have to reboot in PCLinux to set the root password and
> create your user account but in Mageia it is in a segment of
> the regular install.
>   Both processes apart from the reboot are essentially
> the same.
> Both require frequent updates.but to keep things simple
> have package managers that use graphic user interfaces
> that are similar to Mandriva drakrpm but which differ in
> design: on the PCLinux, Synaptic does the job.
> If you want to update your kernel painless you can do
> that but I prefer to search on kernel in synaptic then
> do painless installs of later versions and removal of
> old kernels in Synaptic.  2 older version are available
> if you have problems with aspects of your hardware
>  Not sure of the name of the tool in Computer Control
> Center on Mageia which is a set of tools which can be
> accessed thru a GUI or via a text interface. The same
> on PCLinux where as well you can using root to start
> the very similar PCC center you can access as with
> Mageia user accounts to elevate your privileges as
> user to take care of nearly anything with the single
> password thatyou use to log in.  I do that generally
> but have not bothered with my last installs.  Auto
> logons can be enabled, parts of the system encrypted.
>        So I recommend PCLinux on which I run Mageia
> in a Virtual Bon for the sake of Angband.
>        Several screen savers for Mate and XFCE and
> for X are in the repository.  Finally PCLinuxOS 64 has
> no current 32 bit distributions. But Mageia does have a
> 32-bit version in addition to 64 bit.

>        bliss gonna go lay down now but E-S was down and came back as
> I played Angband.

> -- 
> bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com

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