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Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ?
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:23:22 +0700
Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> wrote:

> It surprises me however that nobody has stepped forward and said "I run
> two local X-servers", or "I use user switching all the time with XXX" - 
> why is that?

	I don't do it now, but I have run multiple X servers using startx
and switching with Alt-F<n>., IIRC the only required magic was to give each
server a distinct number.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>