From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Apr 29 20:50:00 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2155FB803B for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:50:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E59C6D3FB for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.195.45.149]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue104 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0MeSpb-1f0aNT355j-00QBHV; Sun, 29 Apr 2018 22:49:52 +0200 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 22:49:51 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Victor Sudakov Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ? Message-Id: <20180429224951.537940ad.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> References: <20180429140256.GA8201@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:kQ/bhihAyQMAu7RVHuCw62Y7ZMJjvMzo/SC074zLSjNuGcBMkpM OLRk6PdTNPNEGk6zP94eRgZrYvPhemPDhavSgfRJ2K33eAC4zzw8/c8xGETA39UUIe5I7Tt V8LTnoNl3x+6vmGy145ky94RO+11iJ1zRgufj5PsMuxuiseBCvZmV07oqUlp98a6311PQ3x eEUjBvOi2T7SZTr82gX5w== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:FC3EtnPnnZc=:lMKXB+0N3u0GrW70tyALbs 0DxrSGmLs0MZg6C1uuQ+pRasiLbvV1Kumd4ph1WjWs1o3uQ0ErmEQCV4kSVkinzvODyHuD0PJ 2xM1ftLwt/bqlCs0Uy3LSpN6tnWULb1uN4isa/N4IhEqUXZAs6LAIBuOZmGUgqU8dhLPrexVb WSuCyQjK0vdC5RLQnt1rHwEIPgXH3uIKN5yh+iCJkkLFEtk3hvjGfDjvsLfOYH/zKZATAmuJ1 rF/0C5qTVtsQLlQa9BmZLXjH2660YWpsmtoj1F7M9z+o83CVFbfhY1iMOCRBiFoeVn2ItJg9W EIBAlxqt7CM46NW0+inQPonyDIunr3P5p4ESqv5yfgb5dUWJD4BSTbnoHrhX1IJURLa+Bz0cW tDp3zxr5pcXMnmUEz7jL8qcsaPXH7rVBeVuG3xFHf/vVE0yTt9GWVzzZqyAC2dsI1rOpjbB3/ BXKt9/GSUeISTnckqYpGqQNOkdXdNWZX/jn2JK7UDBtTH6cYsmh+RkyK3G4dRj4+ze96FZ3wq +AURG/JLhHvJQhokEOs/ns0jm87XxtBCvn9x/s6FgPTwwRrFg4+jyMhSwrxWUM2AOl4SjEUK5 uFUFCGGHs/oaC1NKHx0W/e2CLl7gc+rQhTIFt8FOMWKOgfst8EzoZv/72b9FXDiKtSDv6GSoZ ExFeSgrbjTnT0ZMnmJCpIhfMDZXvs7mFomClhOR/F1aeFdxKJJ5sFX3IfRdoKGqWqbewdWRWg ViitfzIp1vjyhzlq X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:50:01 -0000 On Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:02:56 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > What alternative to x11/gnome3 can you advise? > > I would like a more lightweight desktop environment, however it MUST > support switching between GUI users without logging out (like > Ubuntu or Windows). > > I tried Mate but it does not seem to be able to switch between users > without logging out (at least the display manager Mate comes with > cannot do that). If remember correctly, both Gnome 2 and Mate _can_ do this. The feature you're talking about is called "switch user", i. e., it is a session switcher: User A is logged in, has programs open and so on; user B approaches and asks to do something, so A selects the "switch user" function, allows B to log in; B does his stuff, logs out - and the session of user A is restored. Is that what you're looking for? If yes, this function is integrated in the desktop, and not part of the display manager (which usually is only activated when _no_ user is logged in). Additionally, you can probably run a second X server on the same system and switch over for a second session... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...