I came across this old IBM screen saver on a old machine and thought it was pretty cool. I set it up on my work laptop, but not Im curious if there are any cool linux or other screen savers you guys know?
I don’t think I’ve used a screen saver in over a decade
It’s better to just put the display to sleep when it’s not in use anyways. We only used screensavers because CRT monitors took so long to fully warm up.
i forgot which desktop-environment/window-manager it was (icewm?) but it had a nice collection of old screensavers like the pipe maze and the bouncing marque and starfied warp and flying toasters, etc.
it was almost 20 years ago so i assume that ms or apple would have come suing by now
Pretty sure you’re describing XScreenSaver! Still alive and well :)
I would bet your right. One of the best collections of screensavers out there. I know they work on X but I haven’t yet tried on Wayland. Guess when I get home I’ll give it a try.
yes, there was an additional package you could install that came from the project that worked with xscreensaver
Anyone remember the castaway? The adventures of a guy on a one-tree desert island.
Honestly, play around with Xscreensaver - that’s a fun collection. I’ve currently settled on the Apple II screensaver and have a custom Python script pip Star Trek scripts to it.
The Nakagin capsule tower one is awesome, too.
Now there’s some nostalgia right there. I haven’t seen that since, what, 1998 or something?
I got a free shirt with this around 2010 and thought it was a new thing
Big recommend on Electric Sheep.
https://electricsheep.org/#/about
Whoa that seems real neato!
It is very cool! I paid for a gold membership a few months back after using it on & off for years. So far I think it was worth it.
It did take a bit of configuring to get it working with xscreensaver tho.
From outside their new NY office, you can see a room with We 🧡 A 👁. I guess they keep their ideas. They probably don’t have too many new ones.
Looks cool tbh
