On 10/3/07, Chris G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's the last item in each list that I'm asking about really. Is > there any significant difference in resource usage when running fvwm2 > from .xinitrc in runlevel 3 compared with running it from gdm in > runlevel 5? ... and does Gnome run anything useful for me if I start > using runlevel 5 rather than runlevel 3? > > (OK, I know I'm mixing the use of runlevel with what's really > different, starting using gdm rather than startx, but I think it's > fairly clear what I'm on about)
Although I don't think gdm or kdm adds that much overhead (e.g. they don't force you to use the desktop managers), you can always use xdm as a very simple X login manager. Emilie
