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Re: Question regarding "offensive" material



* Andrew Suffield 

| On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 02:32:36PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
| > I therefore propose
| > that we do the following:
| > 
| > * Don't install any screensaver modules whatsoever, except one that
| > shows a blank screen and turns off the monitor after a while.
| 
| This is called 'power management', and is enabled by default on every
| installation of X, last I looked (configure with 'xset dpms'). A
| 'screensaver' is those things which display silly animations, and has
| to be installed extra.
| 
| So just don't install any screensavers. Why did you?

Because dpms doesn't lock your screen and provide at least _some_
security.

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