3 Mar
2012
3 Mar
'12
13:36
On 04/03/12 00:10, Per Jessen wrote:
> Per Jessen wrote:
>
>> Sofar I have been using "Lock" and "Screensaver[any]" interchangeably.
>> I don't care which one it is as long as (we have a security profile in
>> which) auto-lock/screen-saver:
>>
>> 1) is enabled by default with a reasonable timeout,
>> 2) cannot be disabled
> 2) can only be disabled by root
What I am finding very hard to come to grips with is this need to not
only be unable to disable the screensaver but also to have a root
password when it is to be disabled.
Why is the screensaver such an important feature?
The only useful thing for which I have ever used a screensaver is to
have the darn thing running when I wanted to impress someone visiting me
to show off my monitor screen with some flashing or otherwise graphics -
and no more.
The darn screensaver is using the cpu (and the gpu) to generate stuff on
the monitor - and this is heating up the cpu which otherwise can sit
quietly and resting.
In one moment of madness some years ago I installed a screensaver called
The Aquarium - or some such. A screen-full of swimming fish in a salt
water aquarium with a starfish moving (slowly) around the interior of
the aquarium; and one also could configure it to emulate night and day.
VERY pretty - especially to me as I had an aquarium when I was 9 years
old (and when I grew up :-) ) and I enjoyed watching it.
But what I also noticed is that the temperature of the cpu went up by
10C while this screensaver was running. Having noticed this I
uninstalled this screensaver.
But I digressed......
Could you perhaps give an example of why you consider that the
screensaver is so important and why it would require a root password to
disable it? All in the cause of educating me of course :-) .
BC
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The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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