![]() ![]() You need to click the button, and in the dialog box that then starts, type the command /usr/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash, as you can see me doing in the above screenshot. Click Start -> Applications -> Settings -> System Settings, and then the Startup and Shutdown item, followed by the Autostart one in the left panel: For KDE on Manjaro, I just add it to the list of programs to autostart using KDE's own options. The only other possible issue to deal with is that the xscreensaver daemon may not auto-start automatically at every reboot, depending on your distro. I personally only want to run this specific screensaver, so I make sure to select that option under 'Mode', and then things like the 'Cycle after.' setting become mostly irrelevant.Īnd that's pretty much it. The other settings (about how long to let the system idle before launching the screensaver and so on) are up to you. ![]() Scroll down the list of available screensavers and you should now be able to find 'Helios': You should then be able to launch the Settings window. When first run, that should prompt you to start the Xscreensaver daemon (or background process):Īgree to launching it now by clicking. And finally, type the command: xscreensaver-settings to kill off any xscreensaver program and processes that might be running. So, to run it, just type: killall xscreensaver It's not very difficult stuff, basically. Feel free to open it up in nano or another editor of your choice to see what it will do when run: it basically checks that Xscreensaver isn't running before it does anything, and then simply copies the RSS screensavers to your $HOME/.xscreensaver folder. There, you should find a script called rss-glx_. Open a terminal and (as yourself, no root permissions required), cd /usr/bin. ![]() Step 3: Now you need to integrate the RSS screensavers into the list of screensavers that Xscreensaver is aware of. ![]() Again, click the Build button next to that item, and 'Apply'. Step 2: Using the same Add/Remove Software tool, now search for rss-glx, which is the port of the Really Slick Screensavers to Linux. In my screenshot, I have a red 'Remove' button next to the item in question because I've already installed it! But if it's blue and saying 'install' or 'build', click that option and then the 'Apply' button down the bottom of the screen. Click the search icon (a magnifying glass) in the top window bar at the left type 'xscreen' in the search bar until you can see 'Screensaver' appear: In Manjaro, click Start -> Applications -> System -> Add/Remove Software. Step 1: Make sure you have actually installed xscreensaver. Basically, I've had it about 180° about-face all this time! Oh well: you live and learnĪnyway: here is a really quick-and-dirty recipe for getting Helios and its really slick companions running on Linux (specifically, in my case, on Manjaro running the KDE desktop). Well: it turns out that you have been able to do this since about 2002! I just didn't know □ In fact, the original developer of them is really not keen on Windows and would rather that his work was not packaged to run on Windows at all. In particular, the Helios screensaver that's included in that program is excellent and exactly what I would like to be able to run on Linux. What I've wanted in KDE for donkey's years is an equivalent of the Really Slick Screensavers, which I used to run on Windows (when I used to run Windows!). (Apologies to the developers concerned, who have undoubtedly written great software: it's just the screensavers themselves are all a bit dull!) It's a tiny thing in the scheme of things, I suppose: but KDE doesn't ship with any screensavers at all, and although one can always install the xscreensaver package, the enormous bundle of screensavers that come with that are all universally pretty rubbish. ![]()
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