Re: stupid question

[Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com>]

On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 10:01:34PM -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote:

> Can you enlighten us on why you have such strong feelings about display
> managers?  

I quit smoking a few weeks ago. So I am coming across much more vituperative
than I am when at my best. An excuse, I know, it's the best I can do. Ask my
wife what it's been like...

> Some people really seem to dislike them and I can't see why.
> Useless eye candy?  Wasteful of resources when unused? Potential
> security hole?

I avoid them because of precisely the sort of problem our interlocutor is
having. There are many tasks I prefer to do in the console, but I do as a
rule live in X. So the compromise for me is to go back and forth quickly and
easily, which means deepsix-ing xdm and its cousins.

Hopefully I'll calm down in a few years.

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