Linux Desktop

In this case, at one time or another you will encounter this conversation, or something like it: "I need to use the computer." "But I'm right in the middle of typing my school report." "This can't wait, you need to log off and let me use it no...

No, it's a family computer. No, it's two . . . two . . . two computers in one! Picture this. You're working at home on an important business document when your daughter tells you she needs to use the computer for a while to do research for a sch...

If you run the KDE graphical login manager, KDM, you can set up KDM so that one user can log in from one login screen, and if another user wants to jump in and do some work, he can log in from the second login screen. You're not limited to two lo...

This hack will set up GDM to run on two different screens when you boot the computer. One user can log in from one login screen, and if another user wants to jump in and do some work, he can log in from the second login screen. You're not limited ...

This hack assumes you're not the type who likes to have graphical login screens running all the time. You want your computer to boot to a text login prompt, after which you're perfectly capable of getting a graphical desktop running. You might s...

Qingy is an alternative login screen developed by Michele Noberasco (http://qingy.sourceforge.net/news.php). Qingy uses the graphical frame-buffer console capability in Linux to paint an attractive and powerful session login screen on one or more ...

See Figure 3-2 for a look at the default Qingy login screen. Figure 3-2. Default Qingy login screen At the risk of sounding superstitious, some of us are not comfortable with a start screen featuring a bug. Fortunately, you can download a...