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. 
-- 
Carl Johnson		carlj at peak.org



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