On Fri, 2018-10-05 at 06:41 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 10/5/18 6:14 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > > On 10/4/18 3:04 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > On 10/04/18 17:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > A DM presents a graphical login screen, handles user logins, and allows > > > > you to select which DE you want to run at login time. Many people find > > > > that useful, but if you don't then that's up to you. > > > > > > > > poc > > > > > > . > > > A good explanation, I can't find that with Google. Maybe I don't know > > > how to ask? But I can go with yours, thank you. > > > > Yes, a display manager (DM) presents a GUI login screen (called a > > "greeter") and generally allows you to select which desktop environment > > (DE) you want to use (e.g. XFCE, Mint, KDE, Gnome, whatever). Since > > you're specifically starting XFCE via startxfce4, then a DM doesn't > > really buy you anything and isn't necessary. > > > > If, however, you do want the system to boot up to a GUI to allow someone > > to log in, you have to install one of the DMs, enable it, and have the > > system boot to the multi-user.target level to make that all work. > > > > People with multiple Desktop Environments installed may find the ability to select the one > they want easier > with a GUI login screen and not having to remember which version of "start" to run. > > Another feature of running a DM, which some folks find useful, is the ability to "Switch > User". This can be > especially useful if more than one person uses the system. You need not logout the first > user for the second > user to have a full GUI. Also, some screen locking systems support switch user. So, if > the screen is locked > you can switch user and not have to hunt down the user whose login has the screen locked. Good point. I'd forgotten that it's the DM that handles this. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
