On Sat 16 Jun 2018 at 12:06:24 +0200, Siard wrote: > Now in some local list, I've heard someone maintain that starting X > with startx is very old, untested, deprecated, certainly in a systemd > environment. A display manager would control various things concerning > your login session in cooperation with systemd. > I've never heard of that. Is it true, should one refrain from using > startx nowadays?
Old? Indeed. Prehistoric even. :) That's its charm. Untested? Not at all; many test it all the time Deprecated? By whom? And why? Refrain from using it? It works well on Debian. -- Brian.
