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From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
To: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ?
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blubee blubeeme wrote:
> >
> > What alternative to x11/gnome3 can you advise?
> >
> > I would like a more lightweight desktop environment, however it MUST
> > support switching between GUI users without logging out (like
> > Ubuntu or Windows).
> >
> > I tried Mate but it does not seem to be able to switch between users
> > without logging out (at least the display manager Mate comes with
> > cannot do that).
> >
> 
> Try xfce

Do you know from experience that it supports switching? Which dm does
it use, its own?

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Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
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