On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 20 March 2009, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM, fei huang <daniel.huang...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> > I don't have any "xdm", "gdm" stuff but would like to start my windows >> > manager directly at startup, cause I'm the only one that use it. >> >> I agree with Sebastian, you should try "slim" >> >> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/SLiM > > What is the benefit of SLiM compared to vanilla xdm + Fluxbox?
The original poster apparently did not want to use XDM. SLiM is simplistic (no remote access, etc), and supposedly more secure (does not need to run as root).
