Comment 9 for bug 390308

Seriously, thank you for your time spent :)

Power saving is a very important topic. I just made it an invalid paper cut
because no screensavers are used in a default install. I'll leave it to
someone else to decide :-)

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Witold Szczerba
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Lightbreeze wrote 12 minutes ago:
> Unfortunately a 'paper cut' should be a small usability issue that affects
> many people and is quick and easy to fix.
>
> This is EXACTLY why I considered this issue a perfect fit for a 'paper
> cut'.
> It is usability issue and is extremely easy to fix, just get rid of
> "invalid" screen savers and the issue is fixed.
>
> By the way: why, on Earth, have you asked me to enumerate all those
> screen savers, which took me a while, just to change the status to
> invalid after I did my job?
>
> --
> cpu-killer/power-eater screen savers
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390308
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>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid
> Status in “xscreensaver” source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> There are many screen savers installed by default which are actually CPU
> killers/power eaters.
> I am sure majority of Ubuntu users do not have idea that the screen saver
> of their choice takes 100% of CPU, which leads to shorten life of laptops
> running on batteries, makes CPUs hot and in general eats power.
>
> I suggest getting rid of all that stupid screen savers. One step further
> would be to implement extra warning message when given screen saver consumes
> too much resources.
>