XFCE-SCREE...REFERENCES(1)
π xfce4-screensaver-preferences β the manual page, but make it cute
okay bestie, welcome to xfce4-screensaver-preferences(1) from the General Commands Manual section. she's a whole vibe and she's here to let you tweak ur screensaver settings without touching a single config file by hand. iconic behavior honestly π
β¨ NAME β¨
xfce4-screensaver-preferences β Configure Xfce Screensaver
like. that's it. that's the job. she configures the Xfce Screensaver and she does it well π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
xfce4-screensaver-preferences [ OPTIONS]
yep. that's the whole thing. you run her, optionally with OPTIONS, and she opens up. no drama, no twelve positional arguments, no "read the source code to figure out the flag order" nonsense. we love a low-maintenance queen πΈ
π DESCRIPTION π
Manages preferences for the Xfce Screensaver.
fr fr, that's what she does β she's the preferences manager for the Xfce Screensaver. all the little knobs and toggles and slider-y things live behind this one command. no cap π«Ά
π OPTIONS π
okay so here's the tea and it's genuinely the shortest options section you'll ever read:
- This program only accepts the standard GTK options.
that's it. that's the list. no custom flags, no secret --enable-something-special, nothing. if you're out here looking for a fun little proprietary option, she simply does not have one. she speaks fluent GTK and that is her entire vocabulary πβ¨
π BUGS π
Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:
so if something's acting up β not me filing my first bug report at 2am β that's where you go. the Xfce bug tracker is waiting for u with open arms ππ
π AUTHORS π
xfce4-screensaver is maintained by:
- Sean Davis
<bluesabre@xfce.org> - Simon Steinbeiss
<ochosi@xfce.org>
This manual page was originally written by:
- Sven Arvidsson
<sa@whiz.se>(2007)
It has been updated for the Xfce Desktop Environment by:
- Sean Davis
<bluesabre@xfce.org>(2018)
shoutout to the maintainers, the original author, and the updater. legends, all of them. the way they've been keeping this thing alive since 2007? that's main character energy fr π
π§ HISTORY π§
gnome-screensaverwas written by William Jon McCann<mccann@jhu.edu>
yes bestie, we have lore. we always have lore. this is the origin story and we're respecting it π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
- The documentation available through the program's menu.
- Further information may also be available at:
https://docs.xfce.org/ xfce4-screensaver(1),xfce4-screensaver-command(1),gtk-options(7)
go read those too, iykyk π
π quick reminder babe: this page is brought to you by the Xfce Desktop Environment, dated 14 October 2018. stay configured, stay screensavered, and don't forget to lock ur screen πβ¨π¦
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- alpine 3.24: xfce4-screensaver-doc 4.20.2-r0 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- arch rolling: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.2-1 Β· LGPL-2.1-only
- debian trixie: xfce4-screensaver 4.18.4-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- epel 9: xfce4-screensaver 4.18.2-1.el9 Β· GPLv2 and LGPLv2
- fedora 43: xfce4-screensaver 4.18.4-3.fc43 Β· GPL-2.0-only AND LicenseRef-Callaway-LGPLv2
- fedora 44: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.0-2.fc44 Β· GPL-2.0-only AND LicenseRef-Callaway-LGPLv2
- nixos 26.05: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.2
- nixpkgs unstable: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.2
- opensuse-leap 16.0: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.1-bp160.1.1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- opensuse-leap 16.0: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.1-bp160.1.1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- opensuse-leap 16.0: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.1-bp160.1.1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- opensuse-leap 16.0: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.1-bp160.1.1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu jammy: xfce4-screensaver 4.16.0-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: xfce4-screensaver 4.18.3-1build1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.1-1
- ubuntu resolute: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.1-1build1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: xfce4-screensaver 4.20.2-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
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