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Xscreensaver has apparently been checking for updates and is disappointed that it hasn’t had one for 14 months because Debian is too stable. Can anyone recommend a linux screensaver which would work with xfce and can be trusted to never do that?

  • lemmyreaderEnglish
    7•2 months ago

    Well, if you read some more of jwz’s blog posts about the horrible security bugs that others have added while creating derivatives of Xscreensaver you might think twice before doing so. https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition For me a screensaver is no longer about trying to prevent dead pixels (or something like that) but being able to safely lock the screen when being away from it for a while.

    • @PseudorandomNoise@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6•2 months ago

      In the intervening two years, the various Linux distros have done nothing to address their copyright- and license-infringement issues.

      For a guy who’s gotta be at least 20 years older than me (I’m almost 40) he seems kinda naive about how the law works in the real world. Lawyer up or fuck all’s gonna change.

    • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      3•2 months ago

      That’s not really the job of a screensaver, though, it’s the job of the login or session manager.

      (And screensavers were created to prevent burn-in on CRTs, not dead pixels in LCDs.)

    • exuEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      Maybe ironically, the dev acutally makes a good case for why Wayland should be the future in that post. (Crashing the screen locker doesn’t cause it to display your desktop instead)