# Recommend me a good screen saver! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 26, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311 "2016-01-26T23:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/1 "2016-01-26T23:13:34Z")
Just replaced my aging laptop with a shiny new one! (Windows 10). I was using a “Matrix” screen saver on the old one. Before that, I used the old 3D pipes, and before that, the famous “Flying through a Star Field” saver. So yeah, something geeky but cool. What are your favorites that I should check out? Thanks! (and yeah, I know I don’t really need one. I just like them.) ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/2 "2016-01-26T23:36:17Z")
[Electric sheep](http://www.electricsheep.org/) is pretty great. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/3 "2016-01-27T00:49:58Z")
I still have a small set of OpenGL screensavers, even though I don’t use them anymore. My favorite was [Lattice](http://www.reallyslick.com/pictures/lattice.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/4 "2016-01-27T02:42:21Z")
Try [Johnny Castaway](http://web.onetel.net.uk/~gnudawn/johnny/). Mine’s currently running on Windows 10. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Bragg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stealth\_Bragg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Bragg)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/5 "2016-01-27T14:35:28Z")
[Koi fish](http://www.3planesoft.com/fish-screensavers/koi-fish-3d-screensaver/) is very good but it is not free ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/6 "2016-01-27T15:11:34Z")
Sure, you like them- but why waste the battery uselessly? ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/7 "2016-01-27T15:24:40Z")
There isn’t a dedicated page for screensavers at Majorgeeks but they do have quite a few and some that are Win10 compatible: [screensavers](http://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/mg_search.html?cx=partner-pub-6960825562757852%3A6029691205&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=screensaver&sa=Search+Files) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/8 "2016-01-27T15:33:35Z")
I used to really like [Voodoo Lights/Cosmos.](http://www.soulreaver.freeserve.co.uk/voodoo.html) That was years ago, though; not sure if it’s compatible with the latest/greatest hardware. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/9 "2016-01-27T18:14:59Z")
I used to love the After Dark screensaver back in 3.1 days. There was a module that let you wrap a bitmap around a globe that would rotate on the screen. I made all kinds of great custom bitmaps to wrap into a globe. My favorite was an eyeball on one side of the globe and the words “I see all” on the other. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/10 "2016-01-27T20:01:38Z")
I miss the flying toasters. But now that I have a laptop, I just set the thing to go to sleep after a certain amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311/11 "2016-01-27T20:36:27Z")
I haven’t used a screensaver in a couple of decades.