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I see some relatively recent Xscreensaver releases, so that forum post might be wrong.
In any case, Xscreensaver's animations (called "hacks") are the best such collection for Linux that I know of.
I think they're also supported by gnome-screensaver and mate-screensaver, in case those appeal to you. I haven't checked KDE for compatibility (but maybe I should, since I prefer KDE).
Edit: By the way, Kodi is a media player/manager, not a screensaver.
xscreensaver is the gold standard for screensavers on Linux, even if the dev is a bit salty that people actually use his software on computers they want to control, and technically speaking the program is nagware, you just won't (mostly) get to see the nags if you are getting it from your distro's active repos.