How To Activate Screen Saver In Ubuntu 11.10 | Linux Today

How To Activate Screen Saver In Ubuntu 11.10

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 12, 2011

“Ubuntu 11.10 does not come with a default screen saver, and
even Gnome 3 provides nothing but a black screen when your system
is idle. For this reason, the only way to acquire a screensaver is
to install a third-party application. Hence, to get a screensaver
in Ubuntu 11.10, you can install XScreenSaver. It is the standard
screen saver collection shipped with many Linux and Unix
distributions, and is a perfect match for both Unity and Gnome 3.
In this post, we will tell you how to install XScreenSaver in
Ubuntu 11.10.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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