Are there at least some plans to implement screensavers into Wayland? Is there any way to override Wayland’s restrictions and set a screensaver up?
Are there at least some plans to implement screensavers into Wayland? Is there any way to override Wayland’s restrictions and set a screensaver up?
Why are screensavers still used?
Nothing that causes pixels to change color “saves” anything these days, unless you have some kind of old LCD display.
Wayland has no limitations for how a traditional screensaver should work, nobody bothered to implement one, that is why there isn’t one yet IMO.
Hate to be the guy but if you need one you either need to hack something on top of xscreensaver like others in the thread said, or implement something native for those that need it to protect their old monitor.
That said, in case you don’t actually need a screensaver but a looping video for a kiosk type of situation you might just setup a videoplayer in a loop and turn off screen power saving.
Screensavers used to save screens, but then the unionized, and now they save you from the drudgery of blank, boring, screens locked by bosses.
To be happy. The canvas can be more than a blank slate waiting to be transformed into beloved good screen or hated bad screen. Back on x11 the screensaver can also be the locker, so if you need to know it’s not a piece of crap you can pick a locker that works good (like xscreensaver).
People have been complaining that xscreensaver doesn’t work in Wayland for a decade that I’m aware of, the answer has always been “you don’t need that”. Its not that people don’t want it, its that Wayland devs have actively resisted it.
Wayland devs develop stuff for wayland and most of them work for free, those that are payd are usually payd to do stuff that is needed by their employer. Spoiler alert: employers don’t give a damn about screensavers.
If you need additional stuff you need to either develop it yourself, or pay someone to do it for you.
This attitude of pressuring devs to do the work for you works if you pay for something, in opensource it is usually frowned upon.
People can complain all they like, if it ain’t useful to those who pay or those who work on it, it won’t be done.
In my opinion that is a feature not a bug.
lol “The corporate overlords of Wayland don’t owe you feature parity, snowflake and that’s a good thing” is a hell of a take.
My point is they are not corporate overlords, that is the good thing smh
And yes, feature parity with a thing written in the eighties might not be a good idea either