Favourite screensaver

Raumarik · 6 May 2008 at 20:32

Come on peeps, lets have your favourite (non standard) screensaver, nothing says less about you than your choice of screenie.

Those who use power saving - sod off, my monitor heats my room.

My favourite would be:

Polar Clock 3 (PC and Mac)

Skeeter · 6 May 2008 at 20:40

I dont use a screensaver, but when I did, I loved the one thats been taken from a Mac for PC use. Its like a black background with a colour changing wavy thing floating about. Someone will know what I mean.

Dappy · 6 May 2008 at 22:43

Flying Toasters

Back in the day when I used After Dark's screensaver software, these days I use the bog standard built in Vista logo screensaver.

GarethDW · 6 May 2008 at 22:46

Really Slick Screensavers

I'm sure we've had this thread before.

Dappy · 6 May 2008 at 22:48

GarethDW said:
Really Slick Screensavers

I'm sure we've had this thread before.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17787231&highlight=screensaver

MouseMat2004 · 6 May 2008 at 22:49

Last time I used a screen saver it was Voodoo Lights

thegoonden · 7 May 2008 at 02:39

In windows, dream aquarium.

In Linux, though only on my laptop, I don't bother witht the desktop one, I use one of Xscreensaver's module called Xanalogtv or something. It basically emulates a tv that's on it's last legs, with your screen fuzzing out and rolling and so on, looks incredibly believable, freaks the hell out of anyone not prepared for it.
Also had a fondness for the one that just showed crashes from all manner of computers....BSOD, Guru Meditation, SadMac,TOSBombs, the whole lot. BUT the kernel panic one caught me out and made me do a double take a few times, so it had to go.

For a while I ran Xscreensaver as the desktop background (how clever of MS to nick that for vista), with a screensaver that just read out the output of endless "fortune" commands in a pretty convincing emulation of a VERY ancient greenscreen CRT.

mrk · 7 May 2008 at 03:20

Polarclock has just replaced Fliqlo for me, such awesomeness! thanks!

leroy20 · 7 May 2008 at 05:31

i use this media player visualisation for my screen saver. its awesome http://www.soundspectrum.com/g-force/

Althulas · 7 May 2008 at 06:02

I'm still using this selection from the previous thread.

bledd · 7 May 2008 at 07:29

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Dano · 7 May 2008 at 08:08

Just have mine set to turn the monitor off instead.

TheVoice · 7 May 2008 at 08:26

I usually just have my monitor turn off; screensavers tend to be a bit pointless as they just increase power usage and heat.

That said...Vista's Ribbons screensaver is nice.

Wossi · 7 May 2008 at 15:12

thegoonden said:
In windows, dream aquarium.

In Linux, though only on my laptop, I don't bother witht the desktop one, I use one of Xscreensaver's module called Xanalogtv or something. It basically emulates a tv that's on it's last legs, with your screen fuzzing out and rolling and so on, looks incredibly believable, freaks the hell out of anyone not prepared for it.
Also had a fondness for the one that just showed crashes from all manner of computers....BSOD, Guru Meditation, SadMac,TOSBombs, the whole lot. BUT the kernel panic one caught me out and made me do a double take a few times, so it had to go.

For a while I ran Xscreensaver as the desktop background (how clever of MS to nick that for vista), with a screensaver that just read out the output of endless "fortune" commands in a pretty convincing emulation of a VERY ancient greenscreen CRT.

Just had a look to see if I could get a windows version and there's no chance. It seems he holds a personal grudge against Microsoft and apparently I should use Linux, well he should go forth and procreate.