Multi-desktop spin

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 07:50, Adam Miller <maxamillion at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 07:23:49PM -0700, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
>> Ok I started playing around with a multi-desktop kickstart. I went
>> whole hog on it because I figured it would be a dvd or USB key.. at
>> the moment it is 6.2 GB uncompressed with every OPtional gnome, kde,
>> lxde, xfce, and fvwm package installed on the box. Once I get the
>> scripts for icons installed and such I should be able to replicate
>> through the Fedora tool system for a download and test.
>>
>> This is NOT meant to replace  current spins [electronics labs,
>> broffice, design, security, or small system) but meant to be a proof
>> of concept for a smorgasbord install. (eg people said it couldn't fit
>> on a cdrom (correct) but it could fit on a USB key).
>
> This sounds like a really cool concept, if you need any test dummies
> please feel free to post to the list. I know I'd be happy to fumble
> around with it and provide feedback and I'm sure others would as well,
> might even want to hit up test at lists.fedoraproject.org if you decide to
> have this go beyond a PoC.

Well the first thing I have run into is that a key app to setup
desktops does not work in 14.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658247

I am trying to figure out if .Xclients is not looked at anymore if
some other change has occured. However at the moment switchdesk
doesn't and so every user comes in as a GNOME user.

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Stephen J Smoogen.
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