Re: [gdm-list] big wish - need opinion from gdm team

[Sasa Ostrouska <casaxa gmail com>]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:17 PM, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell
<johnandsara2 cox net> wrote:
> Hi.  You all know things about xdm and I wanted to hear your criticism of my
> project.  don't tell me anything good :)  it's all ok.
>
> It doesn't suggest itself as a replacement of gdm - it suggests use as a
> site alternate (orig. intended to be a drop-in for xdm's "sample
> configuration" - so people have a total working sample (up and visible
> sample that does NOT need hacking for simple use).
>
> I understand gdm is small and capable of working on cell phones right?
> Obviously xdm-options is meant for a PC user (which is maybe becoming a
> thing of the past).
>
> http://www.sourceforge.net/xdm-options
The correct link is:  https://sourceforge.net/projects/xdm-options/

Rgds
Saxa
>
> XDM-OPTIONS Display Manager Suite
>
> X Display Manager. Xhost Phonebook, X Login, X Desktop Chooser, and XDM X
> server (vnc server). Easy install, Clean uninstall (X up when done). Highly
> compatible, no libs. Like gdm but different in goals and features. Great as
> primary or as a backup.
>
> P.S.
>
> I know the "text typing login" and security are far short.  I do not try to
> offer a different login since I have no users asking me why they can't have
> a secret finger motion to get on their desktop.
>
> btw it's not meant for new linux users (those not in the know) since I have
> not yet one tester other than my testing.  no point in making it any more
> all-unix than it already is if everyone has abandoned linux downloads of any
> kind of software for iPhones / internet ;)  and they block my port 80 et
> alia: so that's no good either!
>
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