[Mageia-dev] About dm

Fri Feb 17 11:04:08 CET 2012

zezinho <lists.jjorge at ...> writes:
+
+> 
+> +1 , there no point in having 2 required DMs , while you can only use one at 
+> the same time.
+> 
+I think that the fact of having some DM installed is not still annoying. 
+You can choose the one that you go to use.
+In any case, you have one who is automatically installed: xdm.
+
+However the main point of friction, in my opinion, it is when the not wished DM
+ pulls the installation of good hundred of useless dependences.
+ 
+Example:
+I want to install a light desk (xfce in this case) on an a little bit ancient PC
+I meet with xdm (OK), but also with kdm and all its dependences.
+
+My idea is that, by default, it is a light DM, such as lxdm, slim or simply xdm
+who is installed.
+If you want the KDE office, kdm will be installed in more. The dependences of 
+kdm are the ones of KDE, thus no useless dependence will be installed.
+
+If you want Gnome, it will be gdm whose dependences are the ones of Gnome.
+
+If, by hazard, you want KDE and Gnome, well yes, you will have kdm and gdm and
+you will choose the one that you want to use. But, there not useless dependence.
+
+Of what do you think of it?
+
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