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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by josefx on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:08AM (#25844596)
> and yes, you'd have to deal with fragmentation,

Why not just require that it is there? Is there even a valid reason for someone to keep the extension out unless it is to give another "this is the reason X sucks" speech?

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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by toast0 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @05:14AM (#25844627)
Because, IIRC, xscreensaver is launched on demand (idle timer, power management), and that's a terrible time to detect the extension and tell a user that they won't be able to resume their session, because their Xserver is too old.

Also, because of piecemeal releases, and remote X. You might update Xscreensaver, but not your X server or desktop environment. You might have a dedicated X terminal which can't easily have its server component updated, but you run remote sessions that have an updated Xscreensaver. (Btw, if you do this, you're pretty dedicated in 2021)

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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by andi999 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:21AM (#25845563)
What is todays alternative to remote sessions?
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Re:Kids find a security flaw in Linux Mint by mashing keys by toast0 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:56PM (#25850387)
Most of what I've seen has migrated towards a virtual display on the session server, streamed via vnc/rdp/? to a thin client.
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