Why is xscreensaver removed in favor of gnome-screensaver

Fri Feb 17 17:43:37 UTC 2006

On 2/17/06, Miles Lane <miles.lane at gmail.com> wrote:
> A problem I have with gnome-screensaver is that I cannot configure the
> xscreensaver savers.

This is a delibrate choice made in how the screensavers are presented
as .desktop files. The explanation for this decision is made in he
upstream FAQ: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeScreensaver_2fFrequentlyAskedQuestions

-jef