[LightDM] LightDM and Ubuntu

Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult enrico.weigelt at gr13.net
Tue Jun 27 22:08:49 UTC 2017


On 26.06.2017 07:57, Robert Ancell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> As you might be aware the Ubuntu desktop has decided to switch to using 
> GNOME and this means we will be using GDM instead of LightDM [1]. 

Just curious (haven't used gnome for aeons): does only gnome run w/ its
own DM ? Why so ?

> I will continue to do release management for LightDM and review and 
> merge branches as I can. If anyone else is capable and interested in 
> helping out with these jobs I'd love to hear from you - I don't want to 
> be a blocker on development just because my focus is elsewhere.

Is there still much to develop here ? I'm running v1.10.6 here, and
never missed anything.


--mtx


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