Why is xscreensaver removed in favor of gnome-screensaver

[Jim Cornette]

David D. Hagood wrote:
> Why is xscreensaver removed in favor of gnome-screensaver? 
> gnome-screensaver does not do DPMS, so my monitor stays on all the time 
> boiling the cathodes away. gnome-screensaver doesn't have the eyecandy 
> that xscreensaver has. In short, it seems a far less capable replacement.
> 
> So why was xscreensaver removed?
> 

Good question regarding removal of a better product for a scaled down 
and less configurable product. I prefer xscreensaver over 
gnome-screensaver myself.

Gnome-screensaver was improved to have the ability to use xsreensaver 
items if installed. Not including the xscreensavers package at all would 
make Linux look more homogenized with MS Windows. Though xscreensaver is 
highly an eycandy item, Windows does not have such attractive features. 
Xscreensaver should stay at least for a marketing item to attract users 
from Windows to Linux.

I guess xscreensaver is still available for Linux. The program most 
likely will become available from other sources quickly.

I'm still removing gnome-screensaver in favor of xscreensaver.

Jim