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Of all the apps in the upper left, I still to this day use xload and xclock. Xeyes was always kind of pointless to me. And xbiff is meaningless in today's world
by sbf501 4y ago
Of all the apps in the upper left, I still to this day use xload and xclock. Xeyes was always kind of pointless to me. And xbiff is meaningless in today's world of email saturation.
- kragen 4y agoXeyes was occasionally useful for telling you when the machine it's running on has gone down or is too overloaded to be usable. In today's world of nested window systems it's also helpful for telling you if your mouse cursor movement is being delivered to a nested screen. Mostly, though, xeyes was "pointless" in the same sense that fine art is "pointless", like xneko, window manager themes, xshostakovich, or screensavers. It doesn't have a point; it is itself the point.
- paulmooreparks 4y agoFor me, xeyes can be useful on multiple high-DPI monitors where I occasionally lose the mouse.
- sbf501 4y agoHuh. Today I learned about Xeyes. Thanks!
- teddyh 4y agoI still use xbiff.