cinnamon-screensaver vs xsecurelock

cinnamon-screensaver

The Cinnamon screen locker and screensaver program (by linuxmint)

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X11 screen lock utility with security in mind (by google)

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cinnamon-screensaver		xsecurelock
	Project
64	Mentions	13
150	Stars	852
0.7%	Growth	1.3%
6.2	Activity	3.3
6 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Python	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Apache License 2.0

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cinnamon-screensaver

Posts with mentions or reviews of cinnamon-screensaver. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-16.

Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic (2011)
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Dec 2023

I misremembered, it was this one, about Linux mint and cinnamon screensaver (used as "lock screen" I guess):
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354
While searching I also found some issues with cat in the Ubuntu bug tracker:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug...
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1463112
Linux Users need to be locked up and tortured for being annoying
2 projects | /r/linuxsucks | 16 Nov 2022
Screensaver lock by-pass via the virtual keyboard (2020)
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Nov 2022
Green Screen of Death
1 project | /r/linuxmint | 26 Oct 2022

I'm not sure what you mean by "green screen of death", that isn't a common complaint. It could be a cinnamon-screensaver bug. An issue there would probably show up in the file ~/.xsession-errors and could be posted to the bug tracker https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues
Trying to make a suspend script but have a catch 22
1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 1 Oct 2022
Lock Screen saver resets display config
1 project | /r/linuxmint | 20 Sep 2022
Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 is here
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Mar 2022

What bug are you referring to? After searching I can only find references to bugs in cinnamon-screensaver and xorg-x11-server that have all been fixed.
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-mint-fixes-screensaver-b...
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25712
- https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver/issues/354
Is there another bug that is long-standing and have not yet been fixed?
One of the greatest mysteries of decision-making in Dev ...
1 project | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 11 Mar 2022

There’s also children hacking through the cinnamon screensaver
Can anyone relate? ?
1 project | /r/linuxmemes | 21 Dec 2021
My cat teaches Linux
2 projects | /r/linux | 29 Nov 2021

xsecurelock

Posts with mentions or reviews of xsecurelock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-13.

Cool but Obscure X11 Apps
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jul 2023

Anyone here use https://github.com/google/xsecurelock?
I found it while going through reddit.com/r/unixporn and looking at other peoples tiling window manager setups.
Configure xsecurelock with fprintd
1 project | /r/archlinux | 30 Nov 2022

Hey there, I am using xsecurelock (https://github.com/google/xsecurelock, xsecurelock-git from AUR) since a while and I am very happy with it. I would like to go further with fingerprint authentication. I know how PAM works, rode the README but I am afraid to screw it up and get locked out.
i3lock alternatives
4 projects | dev.to | 10 Aug 2022
System hangs on resumption
2 projects | /r/voidlinux | 18 Oct 2021

How do I fix this hanging behavior? Would using, say, xsecurelock or slock resolve the issue?
Ask HN: Linux Desktop Environment with Taskbar?
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Aug 2021
Multiple Questions Regarding Hibernation/Suspend, and LED keys (Laptop)
1 project | /r/archlinux | 5 May 2021
Can you have a video as a background for i3lock?
3 projects | /r/i3wm | 22 Mar 2021

I replaced i3lock with this https://github.com/google/xsecurelock
Creating a Custom Lock-screen from Scratch
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 6 Feb 2021

https://github.com/google/xsecurelock#security-design
Found on the LTT forum
2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 24 Jan 2021

Google's XSecureLock seems to be a good minimal alternative. As the name suggest, it's focused on security. For the screen-saving part it can utilize a number of program, including xscreensaver.
Kids Find a Security Flaw in Linux Mint by Mashing Keys
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Jan 2021

I'm surprised he doesn't mention XSecureLock. Its entire focus is on preventing issues like this with modularity and redundancy.
https://github.com/google/xsecurelock