KDE logout options with F8

Andrew Parker andrewparker at bigfoot.com
Wed Oct 31 09:54:53 UTC 2007


On 10/31/07, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram <sundaram <at> fedoraproject.org> writes:
> > Here is how it should work:
> >
> >   * Default X group installs XDM
> >   * If you select GNOME, you get GDM
> >   * If you select KDE, you get KDM
>
> I agree with that. The base X group also has TWM, how is XDM not of the same
> kind (usable, but very basic and old)? Base X should really be the minimal X
> and not include random parts of an arbitrary desktop environment, exactly
> because there are two (actually more than two).

I like it too, but what if I install KDE later*, or what if I install
KDE at the beginning, then uninstall it too.  Does it get downgraded
to GDM or XDM even if GNOME has been uninstalled.

* - I already do.  Install 300+ rpms post-install because it is so
much easier to do it that way than at install time.




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