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Incredible that we're getting something like this before a plain good old screensaver
by skerit 1y ago
Incredible that we're getting something like this before a plain good old screensaver
- anajimi 1y agoThanks for your idea! I think it is totally possible to implement a screensaver with the ext-session-lock protocol. I will try to explore this idea when I have time in the next few months :)
- DrewRWx 1y agoDo you have a Ko-fi? 'cause I would really enjoy that screensaver. I adore this project on its own merits too because using the memory values in an emulated game is something that has fascinated me since Twitch Plays Pokémon integrated their Twitch display!
- anajimi 1y agoThank you for your kind comment! I don't have a ko-fi but I will think about creating one :)
- Svip 1y agoI wish you a lot of luck; I am basically just waiting on XScreenSaver to be ported to Wayland before I move on from X11. But jwz (XScreenSaver's creator and maintainer) doesn't give me much hope: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/xscreensaver-wayland-and-locking/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/xscreensaver-wayland-and-lo...
- theblazehen 1y agoI always love the surprise when visiting jwz's site from HN
- Nursie 1y agoWhy ... why did I click it? LOL.
- derefr 1y agoFor use with vintage computers that use CRTs? If not, what kind of oddball display / use-case do you have, where it would be better to play a screensaver than to follow the usual modern flow of display dim -> display black -> display sleep -> computer lock -> [maybe] computer sleep?
- whatevaa 1y agoOLED. KDE has kinda a workaround with lock delay. I use steam deck with TV as a media PC and it's OLED, I don't want to lock a media PC nor want to display a static picture on it.
- free_bip 1y agoOLEDs still have burn-in issues even with all the fancy mitigation systems they have.
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- zamadatix 1y agoTurning dim and black as soon as possible is actually the best for an OLED. A traditional screensaver is a net negative. The built-in fancy-mitigation systems are also probably better than any intermittent fancy screensaver (without the ability to analyze the panel wear to be corrected directly), but at least that's angling towards something better than a loss. Of course, screensavers are still plain fun. That's justification enough to set one if you want.
- throitallaway 1y agoIf there's one thing I never tire of, it's someone telling me that I don't need something or how I'm doing it wrong. I would love a screensaver that scrubs my OLED pixels.
- KetoManx64 1y agoOne of the great strengths of Linux, and one of the things that draws new people in, is the custizability and making the system your own to whatever degree you want. That a "modern" display manager doesn't let you have a screensaver and people try to cover up for it with "you're just trying to use your system wrong. Be normal and use your system like we say is normal" is embarassing.
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