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For that, from the right top corner of your screen, click on the user-menu and click on the ‘Startup Applications…’ item as shown below.
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Step 4: Now we have to make sure the xscreensaver is running from the background every time you log into the desktop.
#XSCREENSAVER UBUNTU INSTALL#
Sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra Step 3: This only will install 3 or 4 basic screensavers, but if you like, you can use the below commands to install a lot of 2D and 3D screensavers as well. Step 2: Now enter the below command to install the ‘xscreensaver’ package. Sudo apt-get autoremove gnome-screensaver For that, open your Terminal window and enter the below command. Step 1: First of all, let’s get rid of the default ‘gnome-screensaver’ that comes with Ubuntu (I’m using Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin). Then again, using a screenasaver that requires a reasonable amount of your computer’s resources (specially some of those 3D ones) might not be a good idea while running on your battery (more resources = more power consumption = shorter battery life), however when running on AC or if you use a desktop computer or if you just bloody fancy having one, then you can easily enable those screensavers in Ubuntu Linux with ease nonetheless :).
![xscreensaver ubuntu xscreensaver ubuntu](https://www.chimerarevo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/xscreensaver-ubuntu-10.10.png)
Now to be honest, I don’t know much about this package, and ironically it’s called ‘gnome-screensaver’, but other than locking and dimming the screen, it cannot execute a screensever (yuk! :D). It’s a screensaver program that has few built in screensavers (including some third-party created beautiful looking 2D & 3D ones too) and it was used by Gnome, KDE and other desktops (some still do) as well.īut later, Gnome developers decided to replace it with a package of their own called the ‘gnome-screensaver (KDE also has a tool of their own). In the recent past, Gnome desktop used to come with a package called ‘xscreensaver’.