The latest version of the Mac thingy - Panther (with some crazy version number ;-) has a nice feature called Fast User Switching.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/fastuserswitching/ Of course, we can do a startx -- :1, but that may be a scary thing for newbies - and I found a better way of doing it. See http://www.ilug-cal.org/images/FUS.jpg for a screenshot. The main desktop is mine - while the window inside is running my mom's desktop :-D. To use this cool feature - you will need to have (most probably), a latest version of GDM. Log into GNOME, go to applications->System Tools->New Login In a Nested Window. It seemed to be a little buggy at times (with the mouse cursor disappearing without any warnings) - but I guess that has to do something with me having different mouse icon themes for the two desktops. Nevertheless - it's a cool feature to have around. -cheers- sdg -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [ http://clai.net/sayamindu ] Disco is to music what Etch-A-Sketch is to art. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
