On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Yitzchak Gale wrote:
We offer the xscreensaver as a substitute, for those who do not like
gnome-screensaver for some reason.
No, that's not why we offer it. xscreensaver daemon is not
designed to run in a desktop environment. It is not a substitute
for gnome-screensaver or kscreensaver.
As the author of xscreensaver, I can tell you that your ideas about
what it is designed for, and what it is suitable for, are
categorically false.
We offer this package to use with classic X Windows, *without*
a desktop manager like Gnome or KDE running on top. That's what
xscreensaver was designed for, and that's how it's still used today.
Also wrong.
People using a desktop manager who want a screen saver
should install the special package for their desktop manager -
like gnome-screensaver or kscreensaver.
The reason people choose to use xscreensaver -- even while using other
aspects of the Gnome or KDE environments -- is because both gnome-
screensaver and kscreensaver are buggy, insecure, feature-bereft crap
when compared to the xscreensaver daemon.
The xscreensaver daemon was never designed to run in a general
xdg-compliant environment.
Again, I have no idea why you would claim such a thing.
Because some of my users use X Windows without any
desktop manager, just a window manager. (I myself am
one of those - I use xmonad.)
Far more people fall into the category of, "I like Gnome in general,
but gnome-screensaver doesn't do what I want" than fall into the
category of "I want to party like it's 1996."
xscreensaver works for people in both categories, obviously.
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