My Fedora 15 beta experiences so far

[drago01]

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Pasha R <pashar.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:17 AM, drago01 <drago01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Pasha R <pashar.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Jason D. Clinton <me at jasonclinton.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 05:29, Pasha R <pashar.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Probably, inability to configure your screensaver is much more
>>>>> noticeable than inability to stop copy operation. :)
>>>>
>>>> Now *that* is intentional.
>>>
>>> Care to explain the logic behind this? Because it is really beyond my
>>> understanding.
>>
>> Screensavers has lost there use years ago.
>> With today's screens they don't really "save" anything but simply
>> waste power for no reason whatever.
>>
>> I never understand why anyone would want anything but "power down the
>> screen" in that case. What is the point of the fancy
>> graphics when no one is looking at it anyway?
>
> Well, some of my family members actually enjoy looking family pictures
> that picture screensaver was displaying.

A screensaver isn't the right tool for this ... there are lots of
dedicated apps for viewing family pictures.