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Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

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On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:55:23 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:35:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > Or do what I did: dispense with a screensaver entirely.  Haven't
> > used one in years.  Waste of CPU cycles.  Besides modern computer
> > screens don't even need them anymore.  They aren't prone to image
> > burning like tube-type monitors were.  I just use xset or a power
> > management utility, if installed, to "sleep" the monitor display
> > after a set time of system idleness. Works great.
> 
> For many of us, the primary function of the screen saver isn't the
> prevention of image burn-in, but rather the locking of the session to
> prevent other people from taking control when we step away.

Maybe, for "many," but I think "most" use them because they are
used to them, and the "cool" pictures and designs they display.
Security is secondary.

> Personally I use i3lock for this.  Nice and simple.  I don't use any
> kind of automatic invocation or idle checking.  I just manually run it
> when I'm about to step away.  (Used to use xlock, from xlockmore, but
> that was removed from Debian several releases ago.)

 I lock my screen manually, too.  Much of my work involves studying
what's on the screen without any input.  It's an annoyance when it
"blanks" and I have to log back in disrupting my train of thought.

That's why we have so many choices and configurations.

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Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net> - 2017-07-27 08:10 +0200
  Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 08:20 +0200
    Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net> - 2017-07-27 09:50 +0200
      Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 14:00 +0200
        Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 15:20 +0200
  Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 16:40 +0200
    Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-07-27 17:00 +0200
      Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-27 23:20 +0200
        Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-07-29 05:10 +0200
          Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-29 17:00 +0200
            Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-07-30 03:00 +0200
              Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-30 16:40 +0200
                Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-07-30 19:00 +0200
                Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-30 23:00 +0200
                Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Ralph Katz <ralph@ralphkatz.com> - 2017-07-30 20:30 +0200
                Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-30 23:20 +0200

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