Screen savers

[MR ZenWiz]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 12.08.2014, 22:07 -0700 schrieb MR ZenWiz:
>> I notice that Trusty no longer uses xscreensaver but instead uses the
>> LockScreen app.
>
> xscreensaver was dropped from the default install in 8.04 ...
>
> from 8.04 til trusty ubuntu used gnome-screensaver ... which was
> discontinued upstream (since the screensaver became a gnome-shell
> function)
>
> with trusty the screensaver became a unity module ....
>
> i think there is an option in the unity-tweak tool to disable the
> builtin screensaver in unity so you could just install xscreensaver and
> use it instead.
>
I probably should have mentioned I run Xubuntu, so the unity tools do not apply.

I'll ask there...