"xsm" and session management / was: Re: [desktop-discuss] lightweight graphics options....

[Roland Mainz]

Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> 
> I realize that a lot of focus is being spent on JDS 3/gnome, and that
> this is largely a good thing for the end user.
> 
> However, I am interested, also, in having a "lightweight" desktop
> environment, suitable for use by system administrators to access gui
> tools on machines that are otherwise not normally used as a desktop.
> (Think of an NFS server somewhere.  It is useful to be able to run smc
> and such tools, without paying the full price of Gnome.)
> 
> The requirements for such an environment would not be dissimilar to
> those required for graphical suninstall -- a basic window manager like
> mwm or dtwm would be adequate.  I'd be even happier if we got something
> like xfce4, which was open source, into such as an environment (but then
> again, I use xfce4 on my primary desktop).
> 
> Yes, I know about twm.  But to anyone who has not used it before, it is
> arcane and unfamiliar.  (The initial window placement policy is likely
> to be particularly unnerving to anyone coming from a Windows or
> Macintosh -- or even recent UNIX desktop -- environment.

I would not suggest "twm" alone... but there is "xsm" (the X11 session
manager) which would be much more usefull in this case since it wrapps
twm&co. with session management (including the feature to snapshot
sessions with names and select one of the saved sessions at login) ...
something which is "gone" from most modern desktops... ;-(

Anyway... a lightwheight desktop would be very welcome... :-)

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Bye,
Roland

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