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From: Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:56:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-07-10, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 2024-07-10, candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote at 09:31 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>> On 2024-07-08, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>> Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote at 10:25 this Monday (GMT):
>>>>> On 2024-07-07, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>>>> Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote at 01:10 this Sunday (GMT):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just wondering what programs (aside from the coreutils/X11 and other
>>>>>>> elements that make up a basic install), do you consider to be a vital
>>>>>>> part of YOUR Linux install?  What are the little additional tools that
>>>>>>> you can't live without, or just consider to be necessary that maybe
>>>>>>> others wouldn't?
>>>>>>>
> [...]
>>>>>> I'm sure I'm forgetting some here, but
> [...]
>>>>>> xscreensaver (yes i use it as my locker)
> [...]
>>>>> I always have both XScreenSaver and XLockmore.
>>>>
>>>> Do they work together?
>>>
>>> Not really!  I generally just use xlock when I want to lock my screen.
>>> XScreenSaver, well, my kids enjoy watching the bouncing cows, they think
>>> its hilarious!
>>
>> Oh, IG I'll stick to XSS then. Do you run them directly from
>> /usr/lib/xscreensaver? (or libexec)
>
> To lock a system running X11, there's also vlock -n -a (At least in the
> standalone utility I have in this distro, I think some other package now
> also provides a vlock with less features? Or am I misremembering?)
>
> But with vlock you don't get the fun and interesting part of watching
> screensavers.
>

vlock on my system only locks the terminal.  Useful for a text based
terminal, not for X11.

There is the suckless version, slock, which only blanks the screen, very
mininal.  I prefer the pretty pictures.