HN user warns: there is no official XScreenSaver GitHub repository
st_goliath · hn · 2026-10-20
A Hacker News thread flags that the GitHub repo xscreensaver-official/xscreensaver is not official — XScreenSaver has never maintained a GitHub repository, and its source is distributed via the author's own site. Users pulling or installing from that repo should treat it as an unofficial, potentially risky source — a small but real supply-chain concern.
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