Pong Screensaver in Ubuntu Clock Mode

If you are bored with boring screensavers in ubuntu, and do not have to endure release of Bolgen OS, this article is for you! Previously, it was possible to configure a screensaver in Gnome, but this feature was removed from the interface to simplify it, depriving us of the ability to quickly and easily configure screensavers. In this topic, I will tell you how to get an old-school, beautiful and useful screensaver in five minutes.

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Installing the Pong screensaver in clock mode

We perform installation of additional screensavers in the terminal

sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-data-extra 

Open the text editor, paste the following text:

 [Desktop Entry] Name=Pong Clock Exec=/usr/lib/xscreensaver/pong -root -clock TryExec=/usr/lib/xscreensaver/pong Comment=This simulates the 1971 Pong home video game, as well as various artifacts from displaying it on a color TV set. In clock mode, the score keeps track of the current time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong Written by Jeremy English and Trevor Blackwell. StartupNotify=false Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Screensaver; OnlyShowIn=GNOME; Name[ru]=pong clock 

We save the text in a file with the name Pong clock.desktop , open the file properties, allow the execution of the file as a program.
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We launch the screen saver settings (System → Options → Screen saver), drag the resulting file to the list of screensavers, close the screen saver settings.

Run the screensaver settings again, select Pong clock in the list, enjoy!





_{PS: This package also includes other great old school screensavers, such as m6502 and Apple2 .}