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Asked: 2013-10-24 16:53:10 +0800 CST

Searching for the J. R. "Bob" Dobbs screensaver from Slackware to install in 13.10

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I have seen on older (ca. 2004) RHEL systems a screensaver, xlock, with a twisting and morphing picture of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs. An extensive search of screensavers available for Ubuntu has not provided revelation. Does any SubGenius out there know where I may find it for the current Lubuntu?

Where do I expect to find it? Well, every screensaver app available via Synaptic and Ubuntu Software Center has been checked, to no avail, including xscreensaver. I have also done an extensive search for it via multiple search engines, not merely looking at the first screen in a Google Search. That's why I am asking here.

How might I import that app from Slackware's repository into Lubuntu?

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    Based on information from @poolie this screen saver used to be in xscreensaver, but is no longer. http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/retired/ States that in version 5.08 the flag screen-saver was retired.

    So to get it I dug up a old version and extracted it: http://ubuntuone.com/1VrIgyEQoBXJ6bR7JOly0O Download flag from my link or extract it from the .rpm for the old version.

    Then install xscreensaver How can I change or install screensavers?

    sudo apt-get install xscreensaver

    Then in the same folder as you downloaded flag - navigate to it in terminal (you may need to mark it as executable):

    ./flag -bitmap "(default)"

    This runs the screen-saver in a window:

    bob

    (note: might need to stop gnome-screensaver first, sudo killall gnome-screensaver)

    Integrating with xsceensaver:

    1. Copy flag to /usr/lib/xscreensaver (may need sudo permission)
    2. run xscreensaver or xscreensaver-demo
    3. Select any existing screensaver go to → Settings... → In the command line change to flag -root

    Settings

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