Re: wdm problems? [was: Re: Exploring the recent QT open source issue.]

1998-11-21 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 21 Nov 1998, Paul Seelig wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Gunthorpe) writes: wdm comes -very- close to providing this, it unfortunately has a few problems with the users ~/.xsession that prevent me from using it : Care to be more explicit in this matter? I'm using wdm-1.0-2 here

Re: Exploring the recent QT open source issue.

1998-11-20 Thread Joey Hess
Note: I am a debian developer, but I'm not speaking for debian as a whole here. I'm simply making prediction based on how debian handles any software that is allowed into our distribution. Nothing I say here is really specific to KDE and gnome - if you had asked about qmail and sendmail, my

Re: Exploring the recent QT open source issue.

1998-11-20 Thread Jon S
I am one of many who support an international academic institute. One thing I am truly pleased about in our system is the ability for kdm (KDE's version of the xdm login manager) to offer a selection of window managers at login time. This allows users to select their prefered window manager.

Re: Exploring the recent QT open source issue.

1998-11-20 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Jon S wrote: I believe it would be a nice feature if such functionality was the default in Debian. As window managers are installed onto a system, they become available to the user at login time. This would be similar to the Debian menu system where each

Exploring the recent QT open source issue.

1998-11-19 Thread Dana M. Epp
Before I go on, first allow me to make this note. If you have any biased, like to flame, argue or debate without merit or fact to hold your position, please do NOT read any further. I would like to ask a serious question about KDE vs. Gnome without futile debates and idiotic tangents based on