Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sat Feb 9 09:03:11 UTC 2013


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.

        Kevin Kofler



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