Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
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Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
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Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#2Does LightDM have all the support GDM does for non-user/password login capabilities, warning banners, etc?
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#3Surely GDM will still be available as a package though...? If so, does the choice of default login manager really matter?
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#4It's fantastic that Ubuntu is pushing to improve stuff, but it worries me the amount of old stable code they are ripping out.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#5I think this is the path that Ubuntu should follow, replace current pieces of software with lighter and smaller solutions.
You can always replace them with more advances packages through apt-get.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#6Does LightDM have all the support GDM does for non-user/password login capabilities, warning banners, etc?
PAM is the standard and it doesn't get more secure, flexible and expandable than PAM. LightDM is PAM compliant so I am not expecting any trouble.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#7Does LightDM have all the support GDM does for non-user/password login capabilities, warning banners, etc?
I think idea is not to have the most feature-full offering in existence but to have something that does the job for most people and let others change if needed to something more power-full.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#8It's fantastic that Ubuntu is pushing to improve stuff, but it worries me the amount of old stable code they are ripping out.
GDM is not a good example of "old stable code" that's being ripped out on the initiative of Ubuntu, since it has recently seen a rewrite upstream, among the reasons for which was bit rot.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#9Surely GDM will still be available as a package though...? If so, does the choice of default login manager really matter?
Ubuntu is all about the ease of use. How do you explain to your non-technical wife, for example, what a login manager is, what it does and why you'd want a better, lighter one? I like this change. I wish they'd switch away from Gnome entirely and go with something like XFCE by default. I want my DE to take up as little resources as possible out of the box.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#10I love the Ubuntu team's willingness to move the platform forward. Even if that means making controversial decisions.