Daniel Baumann wrote (16 Nov 2011 04:57:14 GMT) : >> However what I meant is that, as indicated on the Tails website, we >> don't need GDM or whatever-DM to run and ship on the CD if the goal >> is to shortcut it!
> for any reasonable system, i beg to differ. > first, you want something to handle your environment (locales etc.). > for that, you do need a display manager, or you're going to reinvent > the wheel and replicate that what gdm is doing without being gdm, Agreed. FTR, tails-greeter replaces the GDM *greeter* only, not GDM as a whole. Our GSoC student quickly dismissed the "remove GDM entirely" when we made him realize what a proper DM's job was. Cheers, -- intrigeri <intrig...@boum.org> | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc | Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not | die of starvation would entail the risk of dying of boredom ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/85y5vgh1ci....@boum.org
