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Re: Idea/Suggestion to say goodbye to xcreensaver

 

Hai everyone,

Agreed the screensaver shouldn't be energy consuming, it should be the
opposite.
I like Mod4 + L for locking btw.

Cheers, Chris Druif

I like

2011/2/25 Marcelo Zacarias da Silva <marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 05:08:32PM -0500, Jorge Andrés Alvarez Oré wrote:
> > The first time that i installed Lubuntu I've surprised when see that the
> > default screensaver consume 60-70% of my processor. So i deactivated it.
> For
> > me turn off the monitor in x minutes is enough. Lubuntu is not only for
> slow
> > machine, it's a energy saving OS too. In the lubuntu.net home page say
> it:
> > "lubuntu is a faster, more lightweight and *energy saving* variant of
> Ubuntu
> > using LXDE".
> >
> > So, in my opinion xscreensaver should be removed and
> gnome-power-preferences
> > should be in the start menu (or whatever you call :))
> >
>
> Agreed. IMHO, running CPU intensive programs when the user is way makes no
> sense. An
> option to blank and/or lock the screen (automatically or by user request,
> like
> CTRL-ALT-L in Ubuntu) is useful (again, IMHO).
>
>
> --
> Marcelo Zacarias da Silva
> Analista de Sistemas - CIAGRI/USP
> Linux User #4253
>
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