Surely GDM will still be available as a package though...? If so, does the choice of default login manager really matter?
Defaults are what 99% of people use, luckily Ubuntu allows you to change the defaults as easily as "apt-get install gdm".
Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
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Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#12Surely 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.
Actually the difference in performance/resources between a very light WM and gnome is not that big nowadays.
On my 4 years old netbook I run compiz stand alone as WM and I am not getting any slower than xfwm or openbox
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#13I 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.
Unity doesn't strikes me as particularly light ...
I am not sure pissing off core GNOME developers with its ever changing new directions is going to help them in the long run.
On the other hand I might be proved wrong if while increase its user base Ubuntu manage to convert some of them in core durable developer.
IMHO, then it's not GNOME anymore. It's a new desktop akin to XFCE as they diverge more and more. It was foreseeable, especially in light of previous two year that's what was going to happen.
Time will tell.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#14I'm wondering if this means I'll have to jump through hoops again to not have everybody know what usernames are available on my computer.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
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Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#16I'm wondering if this means I'll have to jump through hoops again to not have everybody know what usernames are available on my computer.
Now would be a great time to file that feature request. LightDM folks have about 6 months to get it fixed (that is, if it's broken)
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#17Surely 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.
Personally, I hate XFCE - it's like an interface pulled from 1995. Desktops evolved since then.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#18I'm wondering if this means I'll have to jump through hoops again to not have everybody know what usernames are available on my computer.
Now would be a great time to file that feature request. LightDM folks have about 6 months to get it fixed (that is, if it's broken)
Does that mean it doesn't support hiding usernames yet? I'm still trying to figure that out.
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#19It looks as if Ubuntu is making good progress on the user interface, despite the current apparent loss of functionality with Unity. Having well designed and user friendly features is only one part of the equation though. To really gain popularity they will need to be able to persuade hardware manufacturers to ship with Ubuntu installed by default, or at least as a dual boot option. So far this has proven difficult to achieve, and it's hard to buy such a system via any common distribution channel, such as supermarkets.
Re: Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM
#20I 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.
Unity doesn't strikes me as particularly light ... I am not sure pissing off core GNOME developers with its ever changing new directions is going to help them in the long run. On the other hand I might be proved wrong if while increase its user base Ubuntu manage to convert some of them in core durable developer. IMHO, then it's not GNOME anymore. It's a new desktop akin to XFCE as they diverge more and more. It was…
I'm glad they are deviating from core GNOME as they seem to have more focused art direction and better usability in general, for me Ubuntu is a much smoother and more pleasant Linux experience than any other distro for this reason.