software/xscreensaver
XScreensaver is the one true UNIX screensaver, maintained by jwz.
It’s packaged for Debian and comes as the default, though unfortunately circa 2013 the package is:
- somewhat out of date
- doesn’t come with many screensavers
- has a HORRIBLE set of default screensavers
To fix the second two issues, install::
sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extraand use the following as your your ~/.xscreensaver (the
“program” block is the important part):
# XScreenSaver Preferences File
# Written by xscreensaver-demo 5.15 for bnewbold on Sun May 18 21:25:26 2014.
# http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
timeout: 0:10:00
cycle: 0:10:00
lock: True
lockTimeout: 0:15:00
passwdTimeout: 0:00:30
visualID: default
installColormap: True
verbose: False
timestamp: True
splash: True
splashDuration: 0:00:05
demoCommand: xscreensaver-demo
prefsCommand: xscreensaver-demo -prefs
nice: 10
memoryLimit: 0
fade: True
unfade: False
fadeSeconds: 0:00:01
fadeTicks: 20
captureStderr: True
ignoreUninstalledPrograms:False
font: *-medium-r-*-140-*-m-*
dpmsEnabled: True
dpmsQuickOff: False
dpmsStandby: 2:00:00
dpmsSuspend: 2:00:00
dpmsOff: 4:00:00
grabDesktopImages: False
grabVideoFrames: False
chooseRandomImages: False
imageDirectory:
mode: random
selected: -1
textMode: date
textLiteral: XScreenSaver
textFile:
textProgram: fortune
textURL: http://planet.debian.org/rss20.xml
programs: \
- maze -root \n\
- GL: superquadrics -root \n\
- attraction -root \n\
- blitspin -root \n\
- greynetic -root \n\
- helix -root \n\
- hopalong -root \n\
- imsmap -root \n\
- noseguy -root \n\
- pyro -root \n\
- qix -root \n\
- rocks -root \n\
- rorschach -root \n\
- decayscreen -root \n\
- flame -root \n\
- halo -root \n\
- slidescreen -root \n\
- pedal -root \n\
- bouboule -root \n\
- braid -root \n\
- coral -root \n\
- deco -root \n\
- drift -root \n\
- fadeplot -root \n\
galaxy -root \n\
- goop -root \n\
grav -root \n\
- ifs -root \n\
- GL: jigsaw -root \n\
- julia -root \n\
- kaleidescope -root \n\
- GL: moebius -root \n\
- moire -root \n\
- GL: morph3d -root \n\
- mountain -root \n\
- munch -root \n\
- penrose -root \n\
- GL: pipes -root \n\
- rd-bomb -root \n\
- GL: rubik -root \n\
- sierpinski -root \n\
- slip -root \n\
- GL: sproingies -root \n\
- starfish -root \n\
- strange -root \n\
- swirl -root \n\
- triangle -root \n\
- xjack -root \n\
- xlyap -root \n\
- GL: atlantis -root \n\
- bsod -root \n\
- GL: bubble3d -root \n\
GL: cage -root \n\
- crystal -root \n\
- cynosure -root \n\
- discrete -root \n\
- distort -root \n\
- epicycle -root \n\
- flow -root \n\
- GL: glplanet -root \n\
- interference -root \n\
- kumppa -root \n\
- GL: lament -root \n\
- moire2 -root \n\
- GL: sonar -root \n\
- GL: stairs -root \n\
- truchet -root \n\
- vidwhacker -root \n\
- blaster -root \n\
- bumps -root \n\
- ccurve -root \n\
- compass -root \n\
- deluxe -root \n\
- demon -root \n\
- GL: extrusion -root \n\
- loop -root \n\
- penetrate -root \n\
- petri -root \n\
- phosphor -root \n\
- GL: pulsar -root \n\
- ripples -root \n\
- shadebobs -root \n\
- GL: sierpinski3d -root \n\
- spotlight -root \n\
- squiral -root \n\
- wander -root \n\
- webcollage -root \n\
- xflame -root \n\
- xmatrix -root \n\
- GL: gflux -root \n\
- nerverot -root \n\
xrayswarm -root \n\
xspirograph -root \n\
- GL: circuit -root \n\
- GL: dangerball -root \n\
- GL: engine -root \n\
- GL: flipscreen3d -root \n\
- GL: gltext -root \n\
- GL: menger -root \n\
- GL: molecule -root \n\
- rotzoomer -root \n\
- speedmine -root \n\
- GL: starwars -root \n\
GL: stonerview -root \n\
- vermiculate -root \n\
- whirlwindwarp -root \n\
- zoom -root \n\
- anemone -root \n\
- apollonian -root \n\
- GL: boxed -root \n\
- GL: cubenetic -root \n\
- GL: endgame -root \n\
euler2d -root \n\
- fluidballs -root \n\
- GL: flurry -root \n\
- GL: glblur -root \n\
- GL: glsnake -root \n\
- halftone -root \n\
- GL: juggler3d -root \n\
- GL: lavalite -root \n\
- polyominoes -root \n\
- GL: queens -root \n\
- GL: sballs -root \n\
GL: spheremonics -root \n\
- thornbird -root \n\
- twang -root \n\
- GL: antspotlight -root \n\
- apple2 -root \n\
- GL: atunnel -root \n\
- barcode -root \n\
- GL: blinkbox -root \n\
- GL: blocktube -root \n\
GL: bouncingcow -root \n\
- cloudlife -root \n\
- GL: cubestorm -root \n\
- eruption -root \n\
- GL: flipflop -root \n\
- GL: flyingtoasters -root \n\
- fontglide -root \n\
- GL: gleidescope -root \n\
- GL: glknots -root \n\
- GL: glmatrix -root \n\
- GL: glslideshow -root \n\
GL: hypertorus -root \n\
- GL: jigglypuff -root \n\
- metaballs -root \n\
- GL: mirrorblob -root \n\
- piecewise -root \n\
GL: polytopes -root \n\
- pong -root \n\
- popsquares -root \n\
GL: surfaces -root \n\
- xanalogtv -root \n\
- abstractile -root \n\
- anemotaxis -root \n\
- GL: antinspect -root \n\
- fireworkx -root \n\
- fuzzyflakes -root \n\
- interaggregate -root \n\
- intermomentary -root \n\
- memscroller -root \n\
GL: noof -root \n\
- pacman -root \n\
- GL: pinion -root \n\
- GL: polyhedra -root \n\
- GL: providence -root \n\
substrate -root \n\
- wormhole -root \n\
- GL: antmaze -root \n\
- GL: boing -root \n\
- boxfit -root \n\
- GL: carousel -root \n\
- celtic -root \n\
GL: crackberg -root \n\
GL: cube21 -root \n\
- fiberlamp -root \n\
- GL: fliptext -root \n\
- GL: glhanoi -root \n\
- GL: tangram -root \n\
- GL: timetunnel -root \n\
- GL: glschool -root \n\
- GL: topblock -root \n\
GL: cubicgrid -root \n\
- cwaves -root \n\
- GL: gears -root \n\
- GL: glcells -root \n\
- GL: lockward -root \n\
- m6502 -root \n\
GL: moebiusgears -root \n\
- GL: voronoi -root \n\
- GL: hypnowheel -root \n\
- GL: klein -root \n\
- lcdscrub -root \n\
- GL: photopile -root \n\
- GL: skytentacles -root \n\
- GL: rubikblocks -root \n\
- GL: companioncube -root \n\
- GL: hilbert -root \n\
- GL: tronbit -root \n\
unicode -root \n\
pointerPollTime: 0:00:05
pointerHysteresis: 10
windowCreationTimeout:0:00:30
initialDelay: 0:00:00
GetViewPortIsFullOfLies:False
procInterrupts: True
xinputExtensionDev: False
overlayStderr: True