18 Mar
2013
18 Mar
'13
3:37 p.m.
On Monday 18 March 2013 04:42:20 david wrote:
On 03/17/2013 09:12 PM, Louigi Verona wrote:
Perhaps what would be nice for some is to autologin a particular user and go
straight to a locked desktop with a screensaver.
Does anyone know how to do this or the equivalent?
all the best,
drew
You know fellas, we are talking abstract things
and how great it is for
Linux to go mass market and we wonder what is wrong.
But I can give you a simple example of what is wrong.
I am right now on Xubuntu 12.04. So this is not 1975 or 1984 or even
1995. It is 2013.
Yet, when I ask - how do I make Xubuntu to autologin my user instead of
asking for a password every time, you know what I am told? I am told to
open a config file in a text editor, go to a particular line and write
in a certain value.
Yah, XFCE's pursuit of "lightness" is also light on some pieces of
functionality. Personally, I'm OK typing in my password each time. Seems
worthwhile to have one barrier against some casual computer thief
getting into my stuff. But whatever floats your boat! ;-)