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>>> I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to |
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>>> restart and/or shutdown from the login screen. I had to emerge xterm |
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>>> to make it work BTW. |
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>> Could someone point out what is bad about gdm? |
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>> Does it matter that much? |
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>> What advantages does it have to use lightdm/slim/something else? |
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>> Does it matter on modern powerful machines? Less packages to merge? |
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> More dependencies, more moving parts, more stuff to build, more stuff |
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> to break. And that's just a principle-driven overview. I don't have |
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> any systems not running slim right now, so I can't do a direct |
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> comparison without installing and configuring gdm. |
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> The only significant use I might require gdm for would be XDMCP |
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> support...slim doesn't appear to support that. |
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Same with multi-seat. GDM and lightdm both support it but slim doesn't AFAIK. |
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- Grant |
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