A modular screen saver and locker for the X Window System. Highly customizable: allows the use of any program that can draw on the root window as a display mode. Comes with more than 100 display modes.
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6.03
- https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-6.03.tar.gz
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