I vote to remove XDM from the standard profiles! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > That's a valid POV. I am happy to close the bug. But I'd like to hear from > > <debian-testing> folks. Because if the consensus is that xdm should not be > > installed for the standard profiles, I don't think it's too late to fix > > this. > > Since you asked.... > > I don't think xdm belongs installed unless the user specifically requests it. > > xdm serves two purposes. One is the ability to manage displays on network > terminals. Any user attempting to set this up should already be familiar > with Linux. It's not the type of thing most new users want to do. > > The other is the graphical login which automatically starts X for all users. > This provides zero functionality, it's just eye candy. > > Personally, I find xdm to be a great pain when a system isn't broken in yet. > I can handle it, though, but from the point of view of a newbie, we need > to weigh "Linux didn't have a graphical login." against "I couldn't get linux > to run on my system at all!". I think having 50 of the former makes up > for avoiding 1 of the latter. > > I vote for taking xdm out of the default profiles, and no, I don't think it's > too late, either. > > Eric > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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