Inappropriate content in Fedora Core 2

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Clint Harshaw wrote:

> Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> [...]]
>> In short, I think Mr. Swallow and others have it right. Now that we
>> know, if you use FC in the workplace and know one or more screen savers
>> would be inappropriate there, simply disable those screen savers. I'd
>> also be sure to let others in the workplace know so they are able to do
>> the same.
>> ..OK - I'm going back to my corner. Flame away if you like.
>> Cheers,
>> Chris
>
> No flames at all, Chris. It was a well-stated position that you wrote.
>
> It is indeed easy to temporarily disable that particular screensaver -- but 
> easy to put back into place by a user. Is there a way to disable it for all 
> users of multiple-user desktops (say in a school library or computer lab)?
>
> It's somewhat disappointing and embarassing to learn that such a Beavis & 
> Butthead level of middle-school locker room humor made it into a distro that 
> I've been touting to my institution and colleagues as a professional and 
> cost-effective alternative to their existing OS.

It's in all distros that contain xscreensaver. google for glsnake penis...

> And I'm glad to learn of it 
> now, than after a school official or parent or student made the discovery 
> first and raised the roof. I'm not hand-wringing over this, but it pays to 
> have a healthy-level of anticipation to head off situations before they 
> become real problems.
>
> So the question that I have is this: Those of us in situations that this 
> particular screensaver could present issues need to be able to disable it for 
> all users. Is there a rpm -e like command that will get rid of it, while 
> still keeping the other screensavers?
>
> Clint
>
>
>

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