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   Message 133,189 of 134,474   
   Rob H to Mike Easter   
   Re: Desktop sessions at login   
   12 Feb 23 18:51:35   
   
   From: rob@despammer.com   
      
   On 12/02/2023 17:58, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Rob H wrote:   
   >> Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Do you want your 'default' (automatic no menu) to be xorg or Wayland?   
   >>   
   >> Well whatever is the best for normal use, I don't mind as long as it   
   >> still looks like a Ubuntu desktop. It's not my machine but someone   
   >> else's here!   
   >   
   > But; my point is that the /purpose/ of the menu is to enable the user to   
   > choose, so if you want to get rid of the menu, you are getting rid of   
   > the choice.   
   >   
   > That's 'fine' -- but it means that the choice needs to be made ahead of   
   > time.   
   >   
   > Historically, xorg has been the display.  Developmentally it has taken   
   > Wayland a very long time to work its way in and is still a work in   
   > progress.  From a practical perspective, personally I don't really 'care   
   > about' the difference.  There are 'complicated' articles which discuss   
   > the details of the 'architectural' difference in the display tech.   
   >   
   > If you just want to 'blindly' disable the choice, one method would be to   
   > disable Wayland instead of disabling xorg.   
   >   
   > My understanding is that you can do that in   
   >   
   > /etc/gdm3/custom.conf   
   >   
   > WaylandEnable=false   
   >   
   > I'll experiment w/ a live Ub 22.04 and see.   
   >   
   >   
   The particular user doesn't care about any ability to choose desktop   
   sessions. They only want one that does for them   
   All the user wants to do is use of emails, web surfing and FB.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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