On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 12:15:30AM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Yeah GDM seems like it is an overly complicated piece of software. But > that is because it is heavily customizable and is used for a variety of > purposes (remote login, safe mode, etc). There is another lightweight > session chooser called xdm if I am not mistaken but it is not as > "pretty" as gdm.
Debian has gdm, kdm, wdm and xdm. gdm and kdm are well-maintained and actually used. xdm and wdm are not really usable. Technically they are. But there's not much to gain from using them. BTW: both xdm and wdm support remote login. It's a basic functionality that has been in xdm for long time. There's also ldm for remote logins over ssh. BTW: consider good old console login and startx. > > I guess if you don't need gdm you can choose to eliminate it from > startup and have your X server automatically login to XFCE. I did > this before and have the notes somewhere if you need it. Rather than reinvent the wheel and get into a loop at some problem with the X server, do use xdm and automatic login for that. gdm and kdm support automatic login. xdm and wdm - not , IIRC. > > I myself don't use the GNOME window manager at all. I use a very > lightweight WM called DWM (www.suckless.org/dwm). Amazing piece of > software. Check it out. It takes a while to get used to but I find > myself more productive now that I am using this. I personally use icewm. Most of the time of the session startup here is spent by a numch of extra programs I set to start (the slowest is iceape/iceweasel) -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
