Alternative to x11/gnome3 ?
Carl Johnson
carlj at peak.org
Fri May 4 16:08:21 UTC 2018
Victor Sudakov <vas at mpeks.tomsk.su> writes:
> Carl Johnson wrote:
>> Victor Sudakov <vas at mpeks.tomsk.su> writes:
>>
>> > tech-lists wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > What alternative to x11/gnome3 can you advise?
>> >> >
>> >> > I would like a more lightweight desktop environment, however it MUST
>> >> > support switching between GUI users without logging out (like
>> >> > Ubuntu or Windows).
>> >> >
>> >> > I tried Mate but it does not seem to be able to switch between users
>> >> > without logging out (at least the display manager Mate comes with
>> >> > cannot do that).
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks in advance for any input.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> I use xdm with xfce4 for this.
>> >
>> > Could you please tell more about it. What packages you had to install
>> > besides x11/xfce, how you configured xdm and xfce4 to support user
>> > switching, how you start xfce4.
>>
>> I haven't used it, but XFCE does have a 'switch user' button for the
>> panel.
>
> Yes, it does, but the button is grey and cannot be used.
I said that I hadn't tried it, but I just tried it now and got the same
result as you. I did a web search and it appears that it requires gdm
for that button. You can try that, but otherwise I can't help any more
than that.
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Carl Johnson carlj at peak.org
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