On Thu 14 Aug 2014 at 17:00:08 +0200, sa...@eng.it wrote: > 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 :) :) ?
Argumentum ab auctoritate. :) > > > 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. *Your* use of .xinitrc is not the issue. Your advice, without qualification. that users of Debian follow in your footsteps is. The argument is set out in the earlier linked post. -- 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/14082014161313.4a4371ccb...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
