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[Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Chris, I'm forwarding this to the list for everyone to see.

"But include it for those who want a CPU hogging screen beauty =P"
>

LOL, that's funny.  I guess that's what I was thinking.  But maybe most
people wouldn't miss it anyway.  If it does stay I would say disable it by
default for sure.

Tim


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chris <cyber.druif@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Idea/Suggestion to say goodbye to xcreensaver
To: Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx>


Screensavers are for CRT monitors, to prevent in burning of pixels. To a
lesser degree also LCD screens.
Other then that I can't think of use-cases. But include it for those who
want a CPU hogging screen beauty =P


On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 14:48, Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wow,  I'm really surprised that the screen saver can hit a CPU that hard.
> I still think should be included as an option for those who want it, but
> maybe people really don't use them anymore anyway.  I know I haven't run one
> for years.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Chris <cyber.druif@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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