Quotes of the week

Posted May 24, 2011 16:08 UTC (Tue) by nye (subscriber, #51576)
In reply to: Quotes of the week by mjg59
Parent article: Quotes of the week

>The only real case where a lightweight solution is preferable to a heavyweight one is when the heavyweight one provides functionality that's completely unnecessary in the relevant use case.

All of the features you have described are of exactly zero value to me, so you appear to be making a strong case for the use of LightDM. At the same time, you seem to be arguing that there's no reason for LightDM to exist - that doesn't make a great deal of sense.

Quotes of the week

Posted May 24, 2011 16:33 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link] (1 responses)

I've never argued that LightDM shouldn't exist. I've argued that it being lightweight isn't a reason for Ubuntu to adopt it instead of gdm, since Ubuntu has users who do value those features.

Quotes of the week

Posted May 24, 2011 16:52 UTC (Tue) by nye (subscriber, #51576) [Link]

>I've never argued that LightDM shouldn't exist. I've argued that it being lightweight isn't a reason for Ubuntu to adopt it instead of gdm, since Ubuntu has users who do value those features.

Okay, that wasn't very clear since only the opening paragraph of your post mentions Ubuntu and the rest of it reads like a list of why you think LightDM is bad, per se.