Le Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:35:03 +0000, SI Reasoning a ecrit :
> I have not had a chance to play around with the 9betas so excuse me if
> this is already in....
> 
> There is one feature of WinXP that I really like that they ripped from
> Linux but made it simpler to use...and that is the idea of multiple
> desktops for different users. It would be really nice if Mandrake would
> create a choice to login into a new desktop without having to logout of an
> existing one. It shouldn't be that hard to program I would think. Just add
> an option like in XP to switch users or logout and have the mandrake
> kdm/gdm automatically create a new X session if a new logon is intitiated.
> You could then create a unified menu entry that would list user accounts
> so that it would be easy to switch users from within a desktop. Have all
> reentry with the option of being password protected.
> 
> I don't think it should involve that much since the basics are already in
> existance within linux.

It has always exists :
-either go to console, log as another user (or same user) and type :
startx -- :1 (for second display)
-install gdm and go to Configuration/Boot/New session with GDM (if you
install gdm-Xnest, you can also try New embedded session with GDM)

-- 
Fr�d�ric Crozat
MandrakeSoft


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