Activity log for bug #390308

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-06-21 17:40:37 Witold Szczerba bug added bug
2009-06-21 17:41:45 Witold Szczerba description There are very very much screen savers installed by default which are actually CPU killers/power eaters. I am sure majority of Ubuntu users does 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. 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.
2009-06-22 08:53:59 Lightbreeze hundredpapercuts: status New Invalid
2009-06-22 08:54:59 Lightbreeze bug task added xscreensaver (Ubuntu)
2009-06-22 09:35:50 Lightbreeze hundredpapercuts: status Invalid New
2009-06-22 15:31:39 Tormod Volden hundredpapercuts: status New Invalid