xlock xautolock wanted

Net Llama! netllama at linux-sxs.org
Thu Aug 22 21:35:17 CEST 2002


On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Stephane Paltani wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> >
> > The package is probably called xlockmore.
> >
> > > MaT wrote:
> > >
> > > >>does anyone use these anymore, I cant find them
> > > >>I dont have gnome-libs in so xscreensaver is out
> > > >>
>
> I may be wrong, but I don't think xautolock is part of xlockmore.
> At least, it does not seem to be part of xautolock source tar file.
> In any case, here is a link to xautolock:
>
> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/xautolock-2.0.tgz
>
> Why not advertise the use of xlock(-more, if you want)/xautolock
> instead of xscreensaver as the preferred locking tool?
> xscreensaver is just bloatware.

How is it bloatware??  Its supposed to provide screensavers, and also
happens to provide X locking functionality.  What part of it is bloated?

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