Ubuntu 17.10: Continued Work On VA-API, Switching To GDM

[R41N3R]

LightDM, GDM, SDDM... I had issues with all of them in the past, especially because of graphic drivers. So I guess none of them is perfect.

[AsuMagic]

XFCE stability? Good joke. When I try to open anything in Thunar the whole desktop gets locked. Customization also is a joke in XFCE and XFWM themes are mostly ugly and decades old, except for about one of them. I also never could get VSync to work with XFWM, because apparently it's too complicated to get such a basic feature (NB: KWin is superior). I regret getting it on my laptop. If I want something light and usable, next time I'm using a tiling WM.

[eydee]

Also Debian derivatives are a waste of human resources.

Yes, all those people using them should be using Windows. They could use Windows XP. It's more recent than libs in Debian stable.

[QuImUfu]

Some gnome applications are working and very much usable, but gdm is not at all.
Just install it eg. on a pi and you'll see it takes longer to start than lxde. And much longer than LightDM. Why would someone decide to use this software?

Also Debian derivatives are a waste of human resources.

I do not think so, i really like Lubuntu, it is a good preconfigured LXDE installation with a nice icon theme and design. (much better than installing LXDE on Debian) But i would like it if they'd decide to switch to Debian as their base. (on the other hand Ldebian is hard to say )

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu 17.10: Continued Work On VA-API, Switching To GDM

Will Cooke of Canonical has posted the latest weekly status update concerning happenings for the desktop on Ubuntu 17.10...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-17.10-14-July