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.dr...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Idea/Suggestion to say goodbye to xcreensaver To: Tim Bernhard <ohiom...@gmail.com> 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 <ohiom...@gmail.com> 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.dr...@gmail.com> 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 <marc...@ciagri.usp.br> >> >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >>> Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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