Editing XScreenSaver (section)

==Platforms==
The [[free software]] and [[open-source software|open-source]] [[Unix-like]] operating systems running the [[X Window System]] (such as [[Linux]] and [[FreeBSD]]) use XScreenSaver almost exclusively.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} On those systems, there are several packages: one for the screen-saving and locking framework, and two or more for the display modes, divided somewhat arbitrarily.<ref>
{{cite web
 | title = Debian XScreenSaver package list
 | date = 24 December 2020
 | url = https://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xscreensaver
 | access-date = 24 December 2020
}}
</ref>

On [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] systems, XScreenSaver works with the built-in [[macOS]] screen saver.

On [[iOS]] systems, XScreenSaver is a stand-alone app that can run any of the hacks full-screen.

On [[Android (operating system)|Android]] systems, the XScreenSaver display modes work either as normal screen savers (which Android sometimes refers to as "Daydreams") or as [[Wallpaper (computing)#Android|live wallpapers]].

There is no official version for [[Microsoft Windows]], and the developer discourages anyone from porting it. The author considers Microsoft to be "a company with vicious, predatory, anti-competitive business practices"<ref>
{{Cite web
 | url = https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-windows.html
 | title = XScreenSaver: Windows Version
 | website = www.jwz.org
 | access-date = 24 December 2020
}}
</ref>
and says that, as one of the original authors of [[Netscape Navigator]], he holds a "personal grudge" against Microsoft because of its behavior during the [[First Browser War]].