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J.W. 11-22-2003 12:22 AM
Out of curiosity: Favorite screensaver = ?
 
Top 3 for me:

1. Euphoria GL
2. Kumppa
3. SpeedMine

Just curious what everyone else uses. -- J.W.

Y0jiMb0 11-22-2003 12:41 AM
one called "kmatrix"
Regards

BlackCell 11-22-2003 02:16 AM
I use one named phosphor, and as input for it I gave it dmesg! looks really nice, and far more complicated than it is (people will not touch your lt when they see it ;-) )

Y0jiMb0 11-22-2003 05:59 AM
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I use one named phosphor, and as input for it I gave it dmesg! looks really nice, and far more complicated than it is (people will not touch your lt when they see it ;-) )
It looks interesting. I was looking for it with no luck... where can I find it?
Regards

pigsa 11-22-2003 06:48 AM
BSOD

Really miss the scene (and some graphics are really funny)

MadCactus 11-22-2003 08:31 AM
x-ray swarm - its dang nice to watch, lots of variation.

trickykid 11-22-2003 10:59 AM
Moved: Seems more suitable in General as its not directly related to Linux. Regards.

Megamieuwsel 11-22-2003 11:10 AM
none.

Tarts 11-22-2003 12:46 PM
Ive used quite a few, ive noticed they all(except blank screen/lock screen) overtax my CPU, try running an 'uptime' after about 4-5 minutes of running a xscreensaver screen saver, see what you get.

Tarts

BlackCell 11-22-2003 02:56 PM
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Originally posted by Y0jiMb0
...where can I find it?
hmmm goodquestion :-) I think it's part of Gnome 2.4 since that is what I am running, it just was there...

If you know how a linuxscreensaver works I am more than happy to find the file(s) and sent it to you

About the cpu usage, he is right they consume quite a bit, regarding that putting up a SETI screensaver would at least be more efficient instead of the waste of cpu power when the ss starts. On another note, I think the cpu is getting so busy maybe because the graphics accelerations of the card are not used. I for example have a VIA ProSavage DDR, and as far as I know there is no accelerated support for it yet under linux (Please corecct me if I am wrong, I would be glad to be wrong...)

cheers

Tarts 11-22-2003 06:19 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by BlackCell
hmmm goodquestion :-) I think it's part of Gnome 2.4 since that is what I am running, it just was there...

If you know how a linuxscreensaver works I am more than happy to find the file(s) and sent it to you

About the cpu usage, he is right they consume quite a bit, regarding that putting up a SETI screensaver would at least be more efficient instead of the waste of cpu power when the ss starts. On another note, I think the cpu is getting so busy maybe because the graphics accelerations of the card are not used. I for example have a VIA ProSavage DDR, and as far as I know there is no accelerated support for it yet under linux (Please corecct me if I am wrong, I would be glad to be wrong...)

cheers
He makes a good point accelerated graphics, I was thinking the same thing.

*wonders why I was just referred to as he...;)*

chup 11-22-2003 06:29 PM
the bsod screensaver :)
it rules :D

meldroc 11-22-2003 07:05 PM
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Originally posted by Tarts
Ive used quite a few, ive noticed they all(except blank screen/lock screen) overtax my CPU, try running an 'uptime' after about 4-5 minutes of running a xscreensaver screen saver, see what you get.

Tarts
If you're running xscreensaver, most of the screen hacks have a -delay parameter that specifies the number of microseconds the hack sleeps between frames. Use -delay 15000 (experiment with this on each hack, some need more, some need less) on most of them, and you'll cut their CPU usage by quite a bit (though the OpenGL screen hacks will hog cycles no matter what.)

Whitehat 11-22-2003 08:12 PM
I got one from The Weather Channel. It is only for Windows but it is great. It's a nice little town in the winter time and there is snow falling :)

I just like it :D

Tarts 11-22-2003 08:22 PM
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Originally posted by meldroc
If you're running xscreensaver, most of the screen hacks have a -delay parameter that specifies the number of microseconds the hack sleeps between frames. Use -delay 15000 (experiment with this on each hack, some need more, some need less) on most of them, and you'll cut their CPU usage by quite a bit (though the OpenGL screen hacks will hog cycles no matter what.)
That did it, thanks! :)

Tarts


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