Comments on: cdm: Manage desktops from the console http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/cdm-manage-desktops-from-the-console/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bryan http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/cdm-manage-desktops-from-the-console/#comment-43967 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:18:08 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/cdm-manage-desktops-from-the-console/#comment-43967 I’ve rarely used a login manager, even when I’ve used heavy DMs and the like. I’ve always done something like this http://pastebin.org/363326. I also set zsh to call startx when I log into TTY1. If I want to start evilwm or Torchlight (or any of the 4 or 5 other games I exempted from the example) I would just switch to TTY2, login and issue ‘xinit torchlight’ or ‘xinit evilwm’.

I think cdm is an admirable project, just not the project for me.

]]> By: Arun http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/cdm-manage-desktops-from-the-console/#comment-43958 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:01:03 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/cdm-manage-desktops-from-the-console/#comment-43958 Ive been using CDM, glad you covered it.
Prev i used to login thro startx, but after i installed Fluxbox along with Ratpoison i needed a lightweight login manager and cdm filled up the gap.

you could have also mentioned the availability of color themes.

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