Session chooser before login

[David Jansen]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 11:35:20AM -0500, Thomas DuVally wrote:
[...]
> I never understood this.  What is the reasoning behind NOT simply
> logging in with the last session that was used?  Why does the user even
> need to be informed?  S/he goes through the trouble of selecting from a
> list, which typically includes about 2-3 mouse clicks.  Can't the user
> be trusted to know what they are doing even sometimes?
> 
> I never thought it was that big a deal, but I'm seizing this opportunity
> to whine about it.

The idea of moving the configuration to "switchdesk" in the preferences
menu might be a useful idea, but only if it works.

I recently did some testing on this, and it is basically not working, see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110312
Switchdesk offers a lot of uninstalled desktops, and no way to go back
to using the system default, or using the users's original .xsession,
that is lost forever once a switchdesk selection is made.
I liked the old method of choosing a session though the display manager
and having the option tyo make your choice the new default.

David Jansen