Re: RFC: persistence improvements plans
Daniel Baumann wrote (16 Nov 2011 04:57:14 GMT) :
>> However what I meant is that, as indicated on the Tails website, we
>> don't need GDM or whatever-DM to run and ship on the CD if the goal
>> is to shortcut it!
> for any reasonable system, i beg to differ.
> first, you want something to handle your environment (locales etc.).
> for that, you do need a display manager, or you're going to reinvent
> the wheel and replicate that what gdm is doing without being gdm,
Agreed. FTR, tails-greeter replaces the GDM *greeter* only, not GDM as
a whole. Our GSoC student quickly dismissed the "remove GDM entirely"
when we made him realize what a proper DM's job was.
Cheers,
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