The problems with the screensaver -- at least on Windows and at least several years ago -- is that it uses a huge number of CPU cycles and after a few minutes it seems repetitive and boring. So, while the screensaver is great for demos at schools and computer conferences, the kinds of people that develop a long-term interest in SETI@Home and BOINC soon become desperate for a way to get rid of it.
Hence, if you get it working on Linux, you should provide an easy way to turn it off because that is the first control most people will be looking for. It really did almost double the time it takes to process a work unit. Charles Elliott > -----Original Message----- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Gianfranco Costamagna > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:33 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] Linux xscreensaver > > Hi, > > >Hi, > > >I use BOINC on Ubuntu/Debian machine since 2015. > >Screensavers for Mac are amazing and I wonder why still don't exist > for > >Linux. > > >I've found here a fix: > > >http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8727 > > >but it's quite hard for the average user. > >Are you planning to find out a definitive fix for this issue? > > Hi, I didn't read the whole thread, I have re-enabled the screensaver > on > the Debian git, and started a build on my ppa. > > You will see a boinc-screensaver package on my ppa [1] shortly (some > hours) > > [1] > https://code.launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc > > > Help and feedbacks are appreciated, it was disabled a long time ago, > because of its instability (prior to my maintainership starting), I can > re-enable it if user wants it, but I need to have some testing reports. > > Specially let me know if some tweaks are needed to make it work after > installation. > > thanks, > > Gianfranco > > (Debian and Ubuntu Boinc Maintainer) > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
