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From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
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Subject: Re: Alternative to x11/gnome3 ?
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tech-lists 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).
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any input.
> > 
> 
> I use xdm with xfce4 for this.

Could you please tell more about it. What packages you had to install
besides x11/xfce, how you configured xdm and xfce4 to support user
switching, how you start xfce4.

Thank you in advance.

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
AS43859