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Bug#572372: O: wdm -- WINGs Display Manager - an xdm replacement with a WindowMaker look



Hello Axel and *,

Am 2011-08-02 14:35:36, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:
> I disagree strongly.

I agree wit it too.

Since I use FVWM as my windowmanager there is not much  choice  here  to
keep it light.  XDM has hot the functionality I need and KDM/GDM install
tonns of dependencies I will never need.

So,if I search in aptitude for "display-manager" in "squeeze" I get

slim  (does not support remote login)
gdm
gdm3
xdm
kdm

So, time to get "wdm" back into Debian for "wheeze"

> WDM has the unique feature that it has not all the bloaty crap and
> broken design that kdm, gdm and especially gdm3 have (WTF does a login
> manager need sound, a window manager and power management? WTF does
> gdm3 redirect .Xauthority to some non-standard location?), but has the
> advantage over xdm of letting the user to choose his session type
> without the need to write a .xsession file.

This is not all, because gdm/kdm install very huge useless dependencies,
for which I have no space in th NAND Flash exspecoialy if I work  on  my
ARM based PanelPC or TabletPC

> IMHO wdm is perfectly suited for setups with managed workstations
> where the users are not allowed to shut down or do other harm to also
> remotely used workstations.

1+

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack

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