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johnlod
Cruncher Ireland Joined: May 1, 2007 Post Count: 49 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi folks
----------------------------------------I have read (and accept) that the screen saver on the UD agent eats some CPU cycles that BOINC people (no doubt a very special sub-category of the species) feel are better used to crunch data. However the screen saver is not that expensive in terms of crunching and it does look soothing given what it depicts as happening underneath. Is there an option for using the screen saver graphics of the UD agent for BOINC users, or does BOINC have its own. John  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
BOINC has its own, and a screensaver, too.
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johnlod
Cruncher Ireland Joined: May 1, 2007 Post Count: 49 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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How do I invoke the screen saver.
----------------------------------------I have looked at the various control panels on both the tool itself and also on my wcg page. |
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Gollumer
Senior Cruncher Joined: Mar 23, 2006 Post Count: 194 Status: Offline |
How do I invoke the screen saver. I have looked at the various control panels on both the tool itself and also on my wcg page. What OS are you running? |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Open Control Panel, click Display, click Screen saver, choose the BOINC screensaver.
There's an option during installation that sets it as the default screensaver for you. There is no screensaver available (yet) for Linux or Mac. |
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johnlod
Cruncher Ireland Joined: May 1, 2007 Post Count: 49 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Never thought of that.
----------------------------------------Thanks for the instructions ............ fully sorted now. John |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
This is just my opinion, but the very best "screen saver" is the one (in Windows) called "blank".
It is the only one that actually "saves" anything; in this context, it saves power, saves CRTs from phosphor burn and saves CPU cycles by not wasting any on animated graphics that are not going to be viewed most of the time. |
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Former Member
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 A kindred soul!Brother to rats?  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I use boinc for servers which don't even have monitors attached to them. I run UD on my workstation and laptop, but never use the screensaver anyway.
To each his own. |
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Former Member
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Ummm.... "Blank" doesn't really save anything. If you really want to save energy, set your monitor to go into power saving mode instead.
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