Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

[Kevin Kofler]

Debarshi Ray wrote:

>> I know this applies, but installing gnome-shell pulls in gdm.
>> 
>> I.e. removing gdm without removing gnone-shell is not possible.
> 
> Because gnome-shell (running in a special mode) is nowadays the greeter
> used by GDM. That does not mean GDM won't let you log into KDE if you have
> it installed.
> 
> As for GDM requiring gnome-shell, I don't think it should come across as
> surprising because GDM is GNOME's display manager. If you dislike GNOME so
> much then get yourself a different display manager.

It's the opposite dependency he's complaining about, gnome-shell requires 
gdm-libs, which requires gdm for some reason.

        Kevin Kofler