On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:30:44 -0500
Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:


> I installed LXDE into my devuan alpha 2 system, but I do not know how
> to ask for it. My system boots into a green login screen and when I
> log in it starts me off with xfce instead. In the old days when I
> ran Debian, it would start with a login screen where I could find a
> menu and select a window manager.
>
> I'm arguing for discoverability here.

:-)

I've gotten so used to knowing that you put "exec lxsession" in
your .xinitrc (so startx starts LXDE, there's a different file for
starting from a display manager), that I forgot that yes, people
shouldn't need to rely on folklore handed from father to son to be able
to run their computer.

I think Devuan uses a display manager, and that display manager
*should* have a hoverable icon of some kind that lets you pick your
wm/de. Neckbeard that I am, I kinda wish you didn't have to hover
everything on the screen to discover where you want to go next.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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