F16 Xfce LiveCD

Christoph Wickert christoph.wickert at googlemail.com
Wed Aug 3 15:24:21 UTC 2011


Am Mittwoch, den 03.08.2011, 09:07 -0600 schrieb Kevin Fenzi: 
> On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:03:04 +0200
> Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Am Dienstag, den 02.08.2011, 11:35 -0600 schrieb Kevin Fenzi: 
> > > So, we are getting down to alpha here... I'd like to propose: 
> > > 
> > > - Switch to lxdm. 
> > 
> > I'm fine with switching to lxdm temporarily, but we first should
> > figure out if is really gdm.
> 
> I was suggesting switching to lxdm because gdm doesn't get us much
> anymore. It used to be it had things like ability to select language
> and such, but all thats gone. Is there any benifit left to gdm over
> lxdm?

It can cope with dual screen setups and has power-management.

> > > - Drop/fix whatever is pulling in gnome-python2-bonobo
> > 
> > I thought this was the reason for switching to gdm or are we dealing
> > with two problems here?
> 
> This was seperate, and hopefully is fixed now.

What was it? 

> > > - Add Martins default config idea from so long ago as default. 
> > > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/xfce/2011-June/000533.html
> > 
> > -1. While the default layout can be improved I dislike the layout
> > martin proposed and have lined out the problems with it in the old
> > thread.
> 
> ok. Perhaps we could get a alternate proposal or ask Martin to revamp
> his? Or should we stick with default?

I think there were some in this thread or at least around that time.
Sorry, I'm too busy to come up with my own ATM.

Regards,
Christoph




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