[xubuntu-users] Odd behaviour on laptop suspend/resume
Ralf Mardorf
silver.bullet at zoho.com
Thu Feb 16 09:52:53 UTC 2023
On Thu, 2023-02-16 at 10:47 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-02-16 at 09:22 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> > I fail to see the point of any of the screensaver type things, if
> > someone has access to your computer they can get at its contents
> > whether or not there's a screensaver running. Only an encrypted file
> > system will prevent this.
> >
> > I simply turn off all screensaver and screenlocking, I just leave the power
> > manager to turn the display off after a suitable time.
>
> Hi,
>
> for my main Linux I use the power manger to blank the display after 9
> minutes, put it to sleep after 10 minutes and turn it off after 50
> minutes, but sometimes I like to see funny screensavers.
>
> Indeed, screen locking doesn't make much sense. However, I added a menu
> entry named "Lock screen" to lock the screen on demand. To shut down or
> restart my computer root privileges are required. This also doesn't make
> much sense. It makes a little bit sense, to protect the 24/7 running
> install against visitors with a Windows or Smartphone user approach, who
> can be left alone or not at all alone at the computer.
^conditionally
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
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