#XSCREENSAVER VS XAUTOLOCK SOFTWARE#

XScreenSaver can now do fading on machines with graphics chips that are incapable of doing gamma. New and improved 'Klein' screensaver in XScreenSaver 6.0Ĭompatibility with not desktop computer platforms is also improved. We have not been able to break xscreensavers secuirty. XScreenSaver developer Jamie Zawinski has also increased XScreenSaver's security by dividing it into three separate programs: xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gfx and xscreensaver-auth. The available themes are Default, Borderless, Dark Gray, Borderless Black, Green Black, White, Blue, Aqua Black and Wine. You can't just set whatever colors you want, you are restricted to one of nine predefined themes shown under Advanced ▸ Theme in xscreensaver-settings. It is also, finally, possible to customize the colors used on the unlock dialog box. The unlock dialog box is now lager and the fonts used on it are bigger, making it so much easier to read the text shown on it. It didn't use to scale very well, it was a bit too tiny on high resolution monitors. First of all, it's bigger in high resolution displays. The unlock dialog box that appears if you move the mouse or press a key when XScreenSaver has locked the screen has been improved in several ways in the latest XScreenSaver 6.0 release. Xscreensaver-settings showing the GL School screensaver. You can use just one screensaver you like, or randomize a few you like ( Some Random Savers), or choose Random Screen Saver to cycle between all the screensavers XScreenSaver has to offer. You can, alternatively, pick and choose between a very long list of screensavers with all kinds of entertaining effects and animations. XScreenSaver allows you to lock your screen with a plain black no-fuzz no-effects lockscreen if that is what you want. There is a reason why the xfce4 screensaver looks so utterly dull and boring: The developer argued that screensavers shouldn't do anything beyond locking the screen because it wastes GPU cycles and electricity when we asked a while back. It offers a really long list of screensavers you can use as an alternative to the dull 'lock-screens' offered by many of the 'modern' alternatives. XScreenSaver is a screensaver that works well with Xfce, LXQt, IceWM, Openbox, Fluxbox and many other X window managers as well. Unlock box theming is one of the improvements in the latest XScreenSaver release. XScreenSaver 6.0 running the 'GL Matrix' screensaver with a fittingly colored green unlock box. Written by 윤채경 (Yoon Chae-kyung) - last edited. The latest version has better scaling for higher screen resolutions, even better security, user-configurable color schemes for the unlock dialog box and a special fix for the Rasperry Pi and other systems without gamma control.

#XSCREENSAVER VS XAUTOLOCK SOFTWARE#

XScreenSaver, initially released by Jamie Zawinski in 1992, is one of the oldest pieces of free software still around.

Xscreensaver vs xautolock