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In the last 4 years the only screen saver I have had is "turn off the monitor" No matter how complex or cool it was, turn off the monitor was always the choice.

In the last 4 years the only screen saver I have had is "turn off the monitor" No matter how complex or cool it was, turn off the monitor was always the choice. Sure a nifty one recently did impress the co workers with "ooooh linux has nice screensavers" but that quickly changed into "lets just turn off the monitor because the screen saver is so cool we stare at it, and are distracted from the discussion". At home, 5 minutes = monitor off. No SS, just monitor off, save the energy. Why would you want to spend cpu time/electricity executing, rendering, and displaying a screen saver when the alternative is to save $$? Whatever, I'm glad.

pavel_lishin 15y ago
Mine runs screensaver for five minutes after locking the screen, and then turns the monitors off. I run the screensaver for two reasons: 1. Coworkers can tell at a glance whether I've been gone awhile, or whether I just stepped into the bathroom or something 2. It's nice coming back to a quick break with something pretty on the screen, instead of waiting the second it takes for monitors to wake up. For awhile I had The Apple][ xscreensaver module printing a random wikipedia entry; now I have the Matrix one to placate my inner high school self. ("This is EXACTLY what I imagined my future to be!") To actually answer your question, though: > Why would you want to spend cpu time/electricity executing, rendering, and displaying a screen saver when the alternative is to save $$? > Whatever, I'm glad. What's it matter to you? It's my cpu time, my electricity, and my money. Don't take the option away from me. If I want to do the same thing as you, I'll set it up that way.
genieyclo 15y ago
Originally, screensavers were created to prevent burning the image of the unattended desktop to CRT monitors. Now that we've progressed past that problem, screensavers don't serve any tangible purpose other than to waste electricity and look cool like you've said. I guess pro-screensaver people will argue you can have informative screensavers with things like the current weather, time, things like that.

pavel_lishin 15y ago

Mine runs screensaver for five minutes after locking the screen, and then turns the monitors off. I run the screensaver for two reasons: 1. Coworkers can tell at a glance whether I've been gone awhile, or whether I just stepped into the bathroom or something 2. It's nice coming back to a quick break with something pretty on the screen, instead of waiting the second it takes for monitors to wake up. For awhile I had The Apple][ xscreensaver module printing a random wikipedia entry; now I have the Matrix one to placate my inner high school self. ("This is EXACTLY what I imagined my future to be!") To actually answer your question, though: > Why would you want to spend cpu time/electricity executing, rendering, and displaying a screen saver when the alternative is to save $$? > Whatever, I'm glad. What's it matter to you? It's my cpu time, my electricity, and my money. Don't take the option away from me. If I want to do the same thing as you, I'll set it up that way.

genieyclo 15y ago

Originally, screensavers were created to prevent burning the image of the unattended desktop to CRT monitors. Now that we've progressed past that problem, screensavers don't serve any tangible purpose other than to waste electricity and look cool like you've said. I guess pro-screensaver people will argue you can have informative screensavers with things like the current weather, time, things like that.