[xubuntu-users] confing GDM

[J. Anthony Limon]

Preben Randhol wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:44:26 -0600
> Jim Campbell <jwcampbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> LXDM [1] is a new gtk-based login manager from the LXDE folks, but I
>> haven't been able to take a look at it.  If it is secure, works well
>> and doesn't introduce feature regressions, it may make a good
>> candidate to replace GDM for Xubuntu.
> 
> I'll test it out during X-mas holidays. Currently I'm using gdm-2.20.
> I'll write up a howto on how to get it working. I finally understood
> the problems I had after reexperiencing them on a different machine.
> 
>> That isn't a promise, though.  We may find that feature improvements
>> in later releases of GDM make it the best option for Xubuntu.
> 
> I doubt that GDM will be anything but bloatware (unless you use
> gnome) ...
> 

The current state of GDM is depressing and has been for some years.. 
it's not changed for the better since it was ported (?) to GTK2.

I'm actually quite shocked/surprised a desktop manager hasn't been on 
XFce's todo list yet, even E17 has one..

- J