Looking for a screen-saver with a working clock

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 1 21:23:57 CET 2007


On 12/30/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> 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.

I have just come across a screen-shot of the screen-saver that I wanted to mean:

http://clocksaver.sourceforge.net/pane.jpg

and

http://clocksaver.sourceforge.net/

Paul



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