The Linux screensaver xscreensaver
Most of us go away from our computers. When we do we don't much care to come back to see our screen just the way we left it. We have been trained that a screensaver should take the place of our work or our play on our monitors. I have been asked numerous times “How do I have screensaver X on my Linux desktop?†To that I generally reply – “If it's a screensaver you just happened to have found on line, more than likely you can't have it.†Why is that? The screensaver is an application that must be linked to X, otherwise it will not work. And we all know how finicky X can be. So the only way to safely add new screensavers is to add those that included with your distribution's repositories. The will generally mean you are looking at one of three screensavers:
Most of us go away from our computers. When we do we don't much care to come back to see our screen just the way we left it. We have been trained that a screensaver should take the place of our work or our play on our monitors. I have been asked numerous times “How do I have screensaver X on my Linux desktop?†To that I generally reply – “If it's a screensaver you just happened to have found on line, more than likely you can't have it.†Why is that? The screensaver is an application that must be linked to X, otherwise it will not work. And we all know how finicky X can be. So the only way to safely add new screensavers is to add those that included with your distribution's repositories. The will generally mean you are looking at one of three screensavers:
- xscreensaver
- gnome-screensaver
- kscreensaver