MATE-SCREENSAVER(1)

📦 version 1.28.1, in alpine 3.24, arch rolling, debian bookworm, debian trixie, epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 MATE-SCREENSAVER 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for mate-screensaver, straight outta the General Commands Manual section. it's giving "your screen, but make it secure." let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mate-screensaver — the MATE Desktop Screensaver and Locker 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mate-screensaver [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so MATE Screensaver is, like, the default screen saver and locker for the MATE Desktop. it was designed with simplicity and security in mind — which, honestly, iconic combo, no notes.

ngl it integrates so well with the MATE desktop, and it supports User Switching plus the ability to lock down configuration settings. main character energy fr fr. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --display=DISPLAY — which X display to use. yeah. that one. ✨
  • --no-daemon — don't start as a daemon. it stays right there with you instead of sneaking off in the background 🥺
  • --debug — turns on debugging messages for mate-screensaver. perfect for when you're like "why is this doing that" 😭
  • --version — spits out version info and dips out. exit stage left 🎀
  • -h, --help — prints the standard command line options 💖
  • --help-all — prints all the command line options. the whole lore dump 🌈
also lowkey important: this program also accepts the standard GTK options. so yeah, those count too 🧚

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? bestie, tell someone 📣

if you run into any bugs, they may be reported at:

http://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues

👑 AUTHORS 👑

mate-screensaver is maintained by:

  • Perberos <perberos@gmail.com>
  • Steve Zesch <stevezesch2@gmail.com>
  • Stefano Karapetsas <stefano@karapetsas.com>

this Man Page has been updated for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

  • Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)

📜 HISTORY 📜

so the lore goes: gnome-screensaver was written by William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>, and this manual page was originally written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> (2007). we stan an origin story 🌟

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/docs

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from the MATE Desktop Environment, dated 13 February 2014. periodt. 💖✨🎀🦋

now go lock your screen, iykyk 🔒👑

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