xfce fine tuning: questions and answers

[francois]

I have played around with xfce desktop, but it seems not enough. This would be a good thread to ask for questions and get answer on this good looking desktop.

Here is a first question:
Where is the screensaver settings in xfce porteus? I do not find it, this thread does not have the answer:
http://linuxlibrary.org/xfce-4-screensaver-settings/

[brokenman]

You may need to install xscreensaver. I included it in the 32bit edition Razor. I am downloading 32bit XFCE version so not sure if it made the package list.

[francois]

I will wait until you do so and report.

Thanks.

[Ahau]

Xcreensaver is not included with the default xfce iso. It uses monitor blanking for power saving and slock for screen locking. I found xscreensaver to be too large and not very pretty given that it is not necessary. If users really want to have it included by default, I can pull it in for future releases.

[francois]

My question in the first post is still valuable. Is there any screensaver in xfce?

[Ahau]

There is no screensaver included in the xfce iso's. I think xfce4-screensaver-settings is a gui configuration tool for xscreensaver, and it would still require xscreensaver, so that package is not included, either. They could be added by the user.

[francois]

Sorry not being able to read between lines.
Thanks anyway.
Enjoy these few days of holiday.