Re: [LUG] xscreensaver slide show

[Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 Nov, 2012, at 1:59 pm, Simon Waters wrote:

> > I'm probably
> > missing something obvious.
>
> http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#slideshow
>
> Or did you try that?

I *was* missing something obvious. Learn something new every day.  
Specifically, today:

0. Don't trust 'aptitude show' summaries; they're just, er, summaries.

> This package contains a small selection of 3D (OpenGL) screen saver  
> modules from the xscreensaver collection. This package is used by  
> both xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver.
>
> This is the set of GL screensavers shipped by default:  
> antspotlight,  glblur, glcells,  glmatrix, glschool, glslideshow,  
> gltext, and hypertorus. More GL screensavers can be found in the  
> xscreensaver-gl-extra package.

1. GL stuff isn't always and only about fancy-pants 3D graphics.

2. GL stuff isn't always poison on a fairly old system.

Thanks Simon.

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