Brian writes: > On Thu 14 Aug 2014 at 14:22:25 +0200, sa...@eng.it wrote: > > > Brian writes: > > > > > > Is there a reason to prefer .xinitrc over .xsession with startx? > > > > First of all, I used .xinitrc when Linux kernel version was below 0, > > my environment is more or less the same I used on the Sun boxes when I > > was a stuudent - including rainbow titlebar for WindowMaker :). > > Argumentum ad antiquitatem. :)
Reductio ad antiquitatem. :) (from Reductio ad Hitlerum). BTW, it works for the equipment in the NFL. Or would you like to argue with some veteran linebacker :) :) ? > > Then I read the letter from Mr. Prolux, gor a look to the scripts in > > /etc/X11/Xsession.d and now I state explicitly that I do not need X > > session management or, better, I do not want it. > > Fine. But, without explanation, personal use is probably not suitable Agreed that people without technical skill have to use what a technician prepared for them. But I will stop using a GNU/Linux if it prevents me from using it the way *I* want, since I am supposed to know what I do :). I suppose that Debian will never violate Property[0] of the Free Software. -- /\ ___ Ubuntu: ancient /___/\_|_|\_|__|___Gian Uberto Lauri_____ African word //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamico meaning "I can \/ coltivatore diretto di software not install giĆ sistemista a tempo (altrui) perso... Debian" Warning: gnome-config-daemon considered more dangerous than GOTO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/21484.52984.723410.810...@mail.eng.it