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10-09-2002, 07:25 AM
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Registered: Feb 2002
Location: India
Distribution: Slacky 12.1, XP
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running windows screensavers in linux
can i run or convert the windows screensavres to linux
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10-09-2002, 07:40 AM
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Brisvegas, Antipodes
Distribution: Slackware
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No.
Look for xscreensaver for some cool linux screensavers.
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10-09-2002, 07:41 AM
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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: USA
Distribution: Slackware8.1
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wow .... have you seen xscreensaver ... i did and said never again to the basic win98 screensavers 
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10-09-2002, 07:43 AM
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Plymouth, England.
Distribution: Mostly Debian based systems
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One word for ya: Atlantis! It's got to be the best xscreensaver there is!
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10-09-2002, 07:55 AM
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Registered: Feb 2002
Location: India
Distribution: Slacky 12.1, XP
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xscreensavers are the best, but just wanted to show guys back in office that linux can even run windows screen savers
i love xscreensavers my self
i am not able to set xscreensaver as my default screensaver. how do i do that?
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10-09-2002, 08:02 AM
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Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Brisvegas, Antipodes
Distribution: Slackware
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Fire up "xscreensaver-demo" and use that to select the saver you want and configure the daemon.
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10-09-2002, 03:12 PM
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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: USA
Distribution: Slackware8.1
Posts: 332
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then add this line to your .xinitrc
xscreensaver &
this will start it on each boot-up of linux running in the background 
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