Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
Fri Feb 15 03:13:08 UTC 2013


On 09/02/13 01:03 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Adam Williamson wrote:
>> ...but as Rahul said, they all allow you to log in to any desktop. There
>> seems to be a meme in this thread that GDM does not, but that's not
>> correct, it does. The choice is not visible unless you actually have
>> multiple desktops installed, but when you do, it gives you the option.
>
> Last I checked, GDM also hid that feature so well that many users missed it.
> In fact, unless this changed recently, when you input your user name, the
> option is NOT shown, it only appears after you confirm your user name,
> during the password prompt.

Well, yes, that's true. How does that count as 'well hidden'? It's not 
like you can login without entering your password.
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