David, I meant that nobody should have an exclusive choice, i.e. anyone should be allowed to use both a console and a graphical environment (possibly at the same time), not being limited to the mode of operation the used first after booting.
Cheers, Didier On 31/12/2021 02:16, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > Didier, > > I didn't understand this: > > "I agree that nobody should have to choose between a text interface and a > graphical one (and between Braille and speech). As an aside mpv is > perfectly > able to display videos in a console, but I digress." > > > I'm guessing you might be saying nobody should be forced to either have to > use a > test or graphical interface, because that's exactly what you have done in your > work on Slint. Users can specify which Desktop - MATE and KDE are standard as > is > just a text log on. > > Which is perfect for those of us who either prefer text console or have such > low > powered computers that working in Graphic User Interface is only used when > necessary because screen drawing just takes so long. > > If so your quote could be: > > I agree that everybody should have a choice between a text interface and a > graphical one (and between Braille and speech). As an aside mpv is perfectly > able to displays videos in a console, but I digress. > > I personally know many who value Slint's ability to boot directly into console > without Xserver running as a big plus to that distro. > > I modify Debian by using systemctl by disabling lightdm. > > As root: > > systemctl stop lightdm > systemctl disable lightdm > > This will cause Debian to boot into the console, and from there, I can just > use > "startx" to go into graphical mode. > > Works well, and on my old computer, it's much faster. > > Regards, > David > > > >