My server sits in my home office, has a monitor that is connected and on 24/7, and I would NEVER run a screen saver on it. If I'm going to bed or going to be gone, I either turn it off, or just turn the contrast down. Screen savers are evil! Evil, I tell you! And they also brand you as NEWB. Screen savers...just say no....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Holl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] OS opinions please > Right, but maybe his server is at home or does have a monitor connected. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 08:20 PM > Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] OS opinions please > > > > Ummmm why use a screen saver at all? lol. Call me silly but when I see > > pictures of rack servers in datacenters I dont see monitors hooked up to > > them all. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Donald Holl > > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:53 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] OS opinions please > > > > It's best to use a screen saver that uses low resources especially on a > > server machine. I recommend a screen saver with a static image such as > > Blank; it uses hardly any CPU versus the OpenGL 3DPipes screen saver. Those > > OpenGL screen savers were meant to use as much CPU as they can to show off > > the "power" of your computer. It is really not a good idea to use > > hem. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Mike Donahue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 10:37:57 -0700 > > > > Well that's the kind of useful > > feedback I've been looking for! > > For the rest of the responders, thanks. I > > was worried that my 3DPipes > > screensaver would kill my single instance > > server, and it doesn't look like > > it will. :) > > My intent was not to turn > > this into a *nix/MS war (btw awps suck!), as each > has its place; for me, > > it looks like 2k3 is the better solution. > > > > Thanks again for the feedback. > > FWIW, I'll take performance snapshots of the > > server now under full load, > > do the same when it's 2k3, and post the results. > > > > Mike > > > > P.S. I don't > > think you can run fsck on windows! > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
