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Date:      Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:13:02 -0500
From:      Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>
To:        Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: GDM sessions....
Message-ID:  <444CDCEE.9080707@computer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060424124159.7319d375@localhost>
References:  <444BA52D.1030401@computer.org> <20060424112637.1e919788@localhost>	<444C3969.20900@computer.org> <20060424124159.7319d375@localhost>

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Norberto Meijome wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:35:21 -0500
> Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> wrote:
> 
>> Though I am starting to experiment with various display managers.  Can 
>> you tell me what it is you like (and dislike) about wdm (i've not heard 
>> much about wdm)?
> 
> port = x11/wdm
> 
> Very few dependencies (in particular, it doesnt depend on the GNOME or KDE lot).

Yeah... that's why I started out with XDM.  However, after some time, 
and loading apps I was interested in, I turned around and noticed I was 
only missing two GDM dependencies anyway... so I figured a little eye 
candy can't hurt.

> Quite configurable.
> 
> it just works. looks better than the original XDM, though i didnt spend too
> much time playing with XDM itself... i may go back to XDM, just to have less
> ports on my system.
> 
> B
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-- 
Regards,
Eric



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