Which screen saver package should I use

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nadebula.1984
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Iscritto: 05/01/2018

I searched for "xscreensaver" and got packages named xscreensaver-data and xscreensaver-gl (and their -extra versions, respectively). Which should I use, GL or non-GL one? I currently use Trisquel 8 and Debian testing/sid, both with MATE desktop environment.

There is also a package named xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod that includes "blue screen of death" (BSOD) from Losedows as well as other operating systems. It depends on xscreensaver-data-extra, which in turn depends on xscreensaver-data. Anyone tried it on Trisquel?

marit
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Iscritto: 08/31/2019

These packages are collections of individual screensavers, GL ones render more slowly or less efficiently if hardware acceleration is not supported for your GPU.

nadebula.1984
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Iscritto: 05/01/2018

Thanks for your explanation. I may need to use the non-GL ones on my legacy notebooks.

jxself
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Iscritto: 09/13/2010

"Which screen saver package should I use"

None. Modern LCD displays don't have the problem of phosphor burn-in. I instead have the screen set to turn off after being idle for 5 minutes, which seems more practical.