Comment 80 for bug 395299
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| Vish (vish) wrote Re: [Bug 395299] Re: gdm 2.26 has no graphical configuration tool | #80 |
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(Get the code!)
@Mark W. To maintain a respectful atmosphere, please follow the code of
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On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 01:20 +0000, Mark W wrote:
> Sebastian, please lighten up. I'm sorry to have to say this, but you
> have created more negativity than others regarding this issue by pushing
> down legitimate complaints.
>
You seem to not have understood , what this bug report is for...
Previously there was no menu item System> Administration>
That is the graphical tool that was fixed by this bug.
Previously even those basic configurations werent available.
And that was added by the Ubuntu desktop team [FYI , Sebastien is part
of the Desktop team]
> * Rushing this version of GDM was a bad idea. *
As already mentioned there was *no* rushing! this has been *not* used
for 1.5 yrs.
>
> GDM is an important package: It's (usually) the first user interactive
> component a Ubuntu user is greeted with after BIOS/Grub. Take a look at
> LinuxMint 7. They nailed it, the boot to login process is beautiful all
> the way. New users can't wait to see what's next.. Even though it's
> basically just Ubuntu with a (very) pretty desktop theme.
BTW, Does LinutMint have a graphical tool for this latest version of
gdm? NO! So even their gdm wouldnt be easily configurable.
As you previously said : " distro-junkies (like me:) " are bound to face
new changes.
If such users want to use the latest version there are bound to face
such side-effects...
If they wanted to use the older version, they could might as well stick
with 9.04 which has all the features they want.
> 2. Security: Let's face it, users are more likely to stuff it up when configuring manually.
What security? either way these are separate bugs about any missing
features.
> 3. The default is just plain ugly and should never have been approved. Sorry, but black on brown sucks.
> 4. Being slowed down and forced to click on a name in an ugly userlist is counter-intuative to useability.
>
Beauty is subjective , and such comments are really not constructive.
BTW , what does a user really do at the login screen? If it is ugly why
do you keep staying at the login screen ;) ... just start your session
and move on... :)
If you had such strong sentiments you could have participated in the
discussions during development phase.
The appropriate place for such discussions is *not* this bug report ,
but rather in these mailing lists:
https:/
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