Hi Jaromil,

forget about SLIM if you do not know it. I played around with it a bit
when I used arch. If you are interested you can have a short look at
the arch wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Slim

The last time I touched slim was a few weeks ago when I set up a
Aptosid machine (Debian based distribution) with XFCE and auto login
for my media PC.

XDM should match perfect here.

As for other desktop environments / window managers I only know LXDE
from Knoppix. I never used pretty much anything beside Gnome2 and
XFCE. :)

take care,
Holger

2011/11/21 Jaromil <jaromil@???>:
>
> hi Holger,
>
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Holger Beetz wrote:
>> Suggestion:
>
>> Use SLIM or GDM for letting the user select the desktop environment
>> at bootup.
>
> yes. actually I don't know yet this slim, must have a look since GDM
> is definitely too complex for such a little task... I've been using
> XDM in dyne:II, but it lacks the selection widget.
>
>> As for the "standard" desktop I am still unsure if Gnome 2.0 is a
>> smart move.  Gnome 2 is pretty much a dead end in regard to
>> development.
>
> I've been told by more people it is so and also the discussion here
> lead to a general sentimento to switch which I'll respect
>
>> I found XFCE a valuable replacement for Gnome and switched all my
>> PCs over to XFCE as desktop environment. I would rather not invest
>> any work in Gnome 2 anymore.
>
> XFCE is something we all loved in dyne:II, while LXDE is also a valid
> alternative. I'll meet fruity in two days and we'll discuss about
> this, he knows LXDE better than me, in general I guess the ideal
> scenario would be a selection with a well configured XFCE by default
> and then other choices as LXDE, openbox, fluxbox, awesome and
> ratpoison for instance, also evilwm why not :) these alternatives are
> all very lightweight.
>
> ciao
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