Re: login manager

On 04/26/2013 09:15 PM, Alice Wonder wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-04-26 at 14:01 -0500, Eleanore Boyd wrote:
>> On 4/26/2013 1:59 PM, Kenno Han wrote:
>>
>>> It would be interesting to have a login manager in LFS.
>>> I bet many people will need this feature. SLiM would be a nice
>>> choice.
>>> It is lightweight and easy to use. The installation is pretty
>>> straightforward.
>>> I myself has succeeded building SLiM (simple login manager) on my
>>> LFS-7.0 system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> ...Isn't the point of LFS simply to be a start point on which to build
>> your own system? Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong on that, but
>> I'm pretty sure the point is a start point of a custom system.
>>
>> Eleanore Boyd
>
> I believe that is correct, that the point is to produce a minimal
> boot-able operating that has the tools necessary to then go on and build
> additional software to your liking. That's how I'm treating it anyway.
>
> BlFS would not be a bad place for things like login managers.
>
>

We already have two of them - GDM and KDM. If anyone wants something 
else in the book, patches are welcome.
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