Wayland Screensavers Are Not Only Possible But Exist

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You've probably heard that screensavers aren't possible on Wayland but that's not actually the case, not only are they possible but there are options available to use like XScreensaver even on Wayland

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Wayland Screensaver: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/09/wayland-and-screen-savers/
Xscreensaver 6.11: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/xscreensaver-6-11/
Xscreensaver 6.12: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/xscreensaver-6-12/
Linux Mint: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4991
KDE: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kscreenlocker/-/merge_requests/207

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