On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 00:26, Frederic Crozat wrote: > Le Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:35:03 +0000, SI Reasoning a ecrit : > > I have not had a chance to play around with the 9betas so excuse me if > > this is already in.... > > > > There is one feature of WinXP that I really like that they ripped from > > Linux but made it simpler to use...and that is the idea of multiple > > desktops for different users. It would be really nice if Mandrake would > > create a choice to login into a new desktop without having to logout of an > > existing one. It shouldn't be that hard to program I would think. Just add > > an option like in XP to switch users or logout and have the mandrake > > kdm/gdm automatically create a new X session if a new logon is intitiated. > > You could then create a unified menu entry that would list user accounts > > so that it would be easy to switch users from within a desktop. Have all > > reentry with the option of being password protected. > > > > I don't think it should involve that much since the basics are already in > > existance within linux. > > It has always exists : > -either go to console, log as another user (or same user) and type : > startx -- :1 (for second display) > -install gdm and go to Configuration/Boot/New session with GDM (if you > install gdm-Xnest, you can also try New embedded session with GDM) > I know it already exists in Linux. What I liked about XP was how it was implemented. GDM allows you to pre-open several X sessions at once, regardless of whether they are used. You would also have to know the keystrokes to get to each x session and any session that did not have a quick screensaver with password enabled could be accessed by anyone else once logged into.
What I was bringing up was the idea of making it simple and intuitive, with listings on the unified menu of who is logged into each X session and the ability to click on that name to switch to that x-session (with the proper password). Also make starting up new X-sessions on demand and the ability to kill any extra X-sessions when a user logs out. > -- > Frédéric Crozat > MandrakeSoft > -- SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg public key ftp://ftp.p-p-i.com/pub/si-mindspring-pubkey.asc "The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny is, however, alleviated by their lack of consistency" -- Albert Einstein
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