[gdm-list] My feedback about lately GDM development

[Thamawij Pirajnaraporn <jokekidnan gmail com>]

Dear GDM Developer Team,

I am just a plain user with not so much knowledge and I know that you guys working for us without a pay so if I wrote something 
mistaken or harsh by no means, please excuse.

I am a fan of Gnome for quite a time, so I am experience GDM most of the time, using linux. But lately, I am quite disappointed for the release and this is the 2nd time so I decide to send this feedback.

• The first time I really mess up is when GDM upgrade to version 2. I think you already had many feedback about the theme system that can no longer compatible with the previous themes. For the users, this is just buggy, but for those theme developers, this is just like throwing their devoted good works into trash and this made many developers turn their back. I am not the developer so I did not feel so sad. But as you guys are developers, I think you guys feel the same if the same occurred to you.
  
• I am not sure if this is because Ubuntu developers or the GDMs, I found that in Lucid (Ubuntu and Xubuntu) GDM can no longer enable root allowed GUI. I understand that this is for security reason. But GUI development is mostly aims for desktop user (if I am not mistaken), I think "easy to use" is more weight. Either for individual or enterprise users, provide choices is more efficient than forcing users against their will. In many cases, making the proper one default and let user override the settings on their own with a warning message is the best solution. I think the most efficient and security system is nothing compare to the necessary and easy to use.
  

I am a fresh graduate whom working for just 1 - 2 years so I may be only a little one in IT world, compare to you guys, but I hope my feedback and my view could be a bit of help.  From my point of view, I think linux should improve the users 
management and . Security, performance, complexity and convenient are not always trade off as there are always a better one in the next era.

PS. If there any help you might need, please let me know. I am certainly respond if I could.

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Best Regards,

Thamawij Pirajnaraporn

System Engineer
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