On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 10:19 +0100, Joachim Frieben wrote: > > gdm is the default login manager in the base X group. It can't > > be removed from there. > > > > Bill > > Rahul's position on this seems to be more coherent. When you want a > plain X environment without GNOME nor KDE [and haven't selected any of > both at install and -only- then], you simply don't want to get > bothered by any of overloaded GDM and KDM with face browser stuff and > the like and pulling in tons of additional packages you don't want to > have installed either. > XDM is a perfectly valuable and lightweight login manager. Why > wouldn't it be a valid choice when it's even shipped by upstream Xorg? Please don't drag upstream X.org into this, xdm is a horror upstream is glad gdm/kdm exist and merely continue shipping xdm as something for system builders.. it isn't valuable or valid. Dave. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
