Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 22:49:51 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? Message-ID: <20180429224951.537940ad.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> References: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru>
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:02:56 +0700, Victor Sudakov 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). If remember correctly, both Gnome 2 and Mate _can_ do this. The feature you're talking about is called "switch user", i. e., it is a session switcher: User A is logged in, has programs open and so on; user B approaches and asks to do something, so A selects the "switch user" function, allows B to log in; B does his stuff, logs out - and the session of user A is restored. Is that what you're looking for? If yes, this function is integrated in the desktop, and not part of the display manager (which usually is only activated when _no_ user is logged in). Additionally, you can probably run a second X server on the same system and switch over for a second session... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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