Re: Using a second monitor
On Thu 14 Aug 2014 at 17:00:08 +0200, saint@eng.it wrote:
> Brian writes:
> > On Thu 14 Aug 2014 at 14:22:25 +0200, saint@eng.it wrote:
> >
> > > Brian writes:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a reason to prefer .xinitrc over .xsession with startx?
> > >
> > > First of all, I used .xinitrc when Linux kernel version was below 0,
> > > my environment is more or less the same I used on the Sun boxes when I
> > > was a stuudent - including rainbow titlebar for WindowMaker :).
> >
> > Argumentum ad antiquitatem. :)
>
> Reductio ad antiquitatem. :) (from Reductio ad Hitlerum).
>
> BTW, it works for the equipment in the NFL. Or would you like to argue
> with some veteran linebacker :) :) ?
Argumentum ab auctoritate. :)
> > > Then I read the letter from Mr. Prolux, gor a look to the scripts in
> > > /etc/X11/Xsession.d and now I state explicitly that I do not need X
> > > session management or, better, I do not want it.
> >
> > Fine. But, without explanation, personal use is probably not suitable
>
> Agreed that people without technical skill have to use what a technician
> prepared for them.
>
> But I will stop using a GNU/Linux if it prevents me from using it the
> way *I* want, since I am supposed to know what I do :).
>
> I suppose that Debian will never violate Property[0] of the Free
> Software.
*Your* use of .xinitrc is not the issue. Your advice, without
qualification. that users of Debian follow in your footsteps is.
The argument is set out in the earlier linked post.
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