Re: Do you still need screensavers these days?

[Allens <allen.asjp@cableol.co.uk>]

You have got to recompile the kernel, and enable apm support.

			Peter Allen

Shao Zhang wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Carl Fink wrote:
> 
> > In linux.debian.user, Stefan (sb51@soas.ac.uk) wrote:
> >
> > >I remember reading somewhere that you don't really need screensavers anymore
> > >with modern monitors to prevent damage to them, and that the only reason to
> > >run them is to show off to your colleagues or whoever.
> >
> > That, and to lock the the computer so no one can play with it.  If
> > you're in an environment where you log onto a server containing
> > confidential information, the screen saver can keep someone else from
> > wandering into your office and seeing that stuff.
> >
> > With modern power-saving BIOSes, the thing can even turn the monitor
> > off (and power down the computer) if you've been away too long, saving
> > electricity and wear on your system.
> 
>         Great! This is what I did in Windoze. But how do I do it in Linux?
> Is there any kind of software that does this??
> 
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> > April 9-11, 1999        www.iconsf.org
> >
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