kdm/gdm compatibility with KDE/gnome

Art Edwards edwardsa at icantbelieveimdoingthis.com
Thu Jan 3 00:07:30 UTC 2008


The problem is that this is not for me, but for the users. Linux is
supposed to be about choice, but the two most widely used display
managers are barely talking to each other. What's up?!

anthony baldwin wrote:
> Art Edwards wrote:
>> I am running a feisty box under kdm. I have a user set that uses both
>> gnome and KDE. The KDE users have more active options for logging off,
>> including switching users, than the gnome users. gdm gives gnome users
>> greater flexibility than KDE users. So, it seems that both gdm and kdm
>> have chosen to become ghettos. Why?
>>
>>   
> Bah...
> Install fluxbox and be done with 'em both, I say!
> The more I use fluxbox, the more I like it.
> I only have one problem with it...for some reason the alt key is
> not functional in fluxbox, so I can't type stuff like
> ¡¿Que está haciendo, mijo?!
> And Windows® sucks....
> (¡¿®©...any mark that requires the alt-key...)
> 
> /tony
> 




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