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# slock - simple screen locker
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simple screen locker utility for X.
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## Requirements
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In order to build slock you need the Xlib header files.
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## Installation
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Edit config.mk to match your local setup (slock is installed into
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the /usr/local namespace by default).
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Afterwards enter the following command to build and install slock
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(if necessary as root):
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```sh
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make clean install
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```
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## Running slock
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Simply invoke the 'slock' command. To get out of it, enter your password.
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## Blur effect
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This fork leverages picom's new kawase blur method instead of taking a screenshot, blur it using ImageMagick without hardware acceleration and then set it as the lock screen wallpaper.
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The end result is much higher performance and much lower latency.
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Currently, you will need to enable the experimental backend in picom using `picom --experimental-backends`, you can check out my picom config [here](https://github.com/khuedoan/dotfiles/blob/master/.config/picom/picom.conf#L29).
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