Looking for a screen-saver with a working clock

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 30 02:43:59 CET 2006


On 12/30/06, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder at cox.net> wrote:
> >> I use Xubuntu, which ships with xscreensaver. In the screensaver
> >> settings manager, under the 'advanced' tab,  you have an option to
> >> display host name and time on your chosen screensaver.
> >>
> >> Paul Smith schrieb:
> >>
> >>> Is there some screen-saver with a working clock for XFCE?
> >>>
> >
> > No, I do not mean that; I mean a screen-saver like the ones at
> >
> > http://www.qwhale.com/products/screensaver/
>
> Well, it's not exactly the same, but the "GLText (clock)" option in
> xscreensaver gives a very nice 3D digital clock that can be configured
> to show the day/date/time and arbitrary text. It can also move and
> rotate. It's all configurable, so maybe you can get it to display just
> what you want. It doesn't do an analog clock however.

Thanks, Bob. I would prefer an analog clock, but the one indicated by
you is fine to me.

Paul



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