screensaver

[Globe Trotter]

--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> From: Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Re: screensaver
> To: xfce at xfce.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 10:50 PM
> On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:49:27 -0800 (PST) Globe Trotter wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have been wondering if there is a screensaver for
> xfce? I don't
> > like the reputed bloat with xcreensaver and my
> preferred option xlock
> > has been freezing with Fedora 10 so I wonder if there
> is an
> > alternative.
> 
> xscreensaver is considered bloat now?  Wow.  xscreensaver
> is probably
> the lightest, most secure screensaver out there.  (xlock is
> lighter,
> but not particularly secure.)
> 
> But if you really think xscreensaver is bloat, you probably
> shouldn't
> be using Xfce either ^_~.

Perhaps not, but what makes xscreensaver more secure than xlock? 

Many thanks,
Trotter