LightDM

[Ranjan Maitra]

Dear Marcus,

Thanks very much for volunteering! Here is the BZ:

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:46:24 +0200 Marcus Moeller
<mail at marcusmoeller.ch> wrote:

> Dear Ranjan
> 
> > I have been a bit concerned about the lack of aggressive maintenance
> > in the Fedora LXDE spin components (eg: inexplicable ssh flaw -- see
> > BZ, for which a fix is suggested by users but not put in place), but I
> > wonder why you think that getting LightDM as the display manager would
> > make a major difference?
> 
> I don't know the ssh flaw you mentioned. If you want me to take a look 
> at it, please link the BZ.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820514

> 
> Concerning LightDM: it has some advantages over LXDM and is as 
> mentioned, well maintained. I am not sure about the memory footprint, 
> but I guess it should be at least as light as LXDM.

Thanks! What about SLiM (the original DM of LXDE) as another
alternative?

Best wishes,
Ranjan


> Greets
> Marcus
> 
> > Of course, I do not know what issues arise in maintaining a DM. Maybe
> > they are the biggest part of the DE?
> >
> > Ranjan
> >
> > On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:57:45 -0400 Marcus Moeller
> > <mail at marcusmoeller.ch> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all.
> >>
> >> I know that LXDM might be more directly related to LXDE, but it seems
> >> that LightDM is a reasonable, well maintained alternative.
> >>
> >> Do you think it could be an option to use LightDM instead of LXDM for
> >> the LXDE spin?
> >>
> >> Greets
> >> Marcus
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