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Screensavers on Wayland (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 hours ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

Full screensaver functionality is tough on Wayland, if not impossible right now. They apparently don’t know how to have fun over there.

That said, it’s worth noting that you can install dosbox, fire up win3.11 on it, and then run your nostalgic screensavers full screen from there. Afterdark and whatnot. Dosbox keeps the computer alive so the screen saver runs forever and the computer doesn’t lock - so it’s not really full functionality. But if you’re just looking for some fun - that works great. (I do love my flying toasters)