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simple login gui

A minimal GTK graphical login manager for Devuan Excalibur using sysvinit and seatd. Replaces the text console login on tty1 with a simple username/password screen. On logout from the window manager, the login screen reappears automatically. Supports GTK2 and GTK3.

It works with or without elogind and the installer has an option to use dbus or not.

As usual for me chat bots were used.

It can be found here https://sourceforge.net/projects/simple-login-gui/ and the code is here https://github.com/rations/simple-login-gui

You would have to remove lightdm, slim or whatever you're using for this to work.

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ralph.ronnquist

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Re: simple login gui

What do you mean by "minimal"? ... 1x1 pixels?

SteveM

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Re: simple login gui

What do you mean by "minimal"? ... 1x1 pixels?

Considering that the term "minimal" is well understood in this context your comment not only seems pointless but a violation of the almost no CoC item #2 of "a foundation of mutual respect is expected from visitors to this forum."

A little positive encouragement would not have gone amiss.

ralph.ronnquist

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Re: simple login gui

So what do you mean with minimal?

SteveM

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Re: simple login gui

Come to the Devuan-Dev meeting in 13 hours and we can get you up to speed.

ralph.ronnquist

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Re: simple login gui

That doesn't sound very minimal to me. How does it relate to that program that the OP got made?

rations

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Re: simple login gui

What do you mean by "minimal"? ... 1x1 pixels? Minimal as in it's not very flash, maybe basic would describe it better

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ralph.ronnquist

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Re: simple login gui

Fair enough. Yes, "minimal" is a relative while "basic" is a quality. As @SteveM vaguly indicated, "minmal" would mean that the thing is no greater in any comparison dimension than other of its kind. So I misunderstood your meaning.

Did you know that github is a Microsoft site?
And that there are many FOSS alternatives one can use instead?

SteveM

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Re: simple login gui

That doesn't sound very minimal to me. How does it relate to that program that the OP got made?

As @SteveM vaguly indicated, "minmal" would mean that the thing is no greater in any comparison dimension than other of its kind. So I misunderstood your meaning.

Come to the meeting in 6 hours so I can explain to you how it relates to the OP. https://vdc.dyne.org/devuan

In the mean time stop pretending like you just cleared up poor use of language when the following is easily found on the devuan.org website.
The core of the vision remains the same today: Devuan is a minimal, stable system that honors Debian’s legacy and embraces innovation while maintaining backwards compatibility and interoperability. In this context what dimension is Devuan measured to be lesser?

Maybe these release notes for the minimal ISO will jog your memory on the meaning of :minimal" https://files.devuan.org/devuan_excalib … l-live.txt

Maybe more examples would help? Aprolla measures 1x1 no doubt.
Amprolla is the heart of Devuan that merges various apt repositories in a minimal and modular way.

Here is someone on this forum posting about a minimal X.org server setup that you neglected to scold for using language that you think no one can understand https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7650

Let's look up minimal in a dictionary, the standard we use to define what a word means:

• the least possible

• barely adequate

• very small or slight

I don't know if your dog died or a loved one died or what, but I fail to see how your conduct reflects well on Devuan and is in keeping with the "almost" CoC of this forum. The meeting in 6 hours will provide an excellent opportunity for you to set me straight.

golinux

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: simple login gui

Please have a look at this summary of a presentation from the Devuan conference in 2019 which describes "amprolla magic".

"What is amprolla and what does it do . . . or not do?  At the First Devuan Conference in April, Katolaz' presentation "The Quest for Minimalism" answered these questions.  This audio of the amprolla section enhances understanding of the screenshots below."

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3192

Pure genius!

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SteveM

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Yes, I previously have watched the video of that presentation and at one point your voice can be heard in the background.

golinux

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Re: simple login gui

I find it interesting that the other "noob" here who is a smooth talker but has contributed absolutely nothing of value to Devuan, is so vocal about what Devuan is and isn't. Something is just not adding up but the words "hostile takeover" keep flashing in my thoughts.

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golinux

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Re: simple login gui

Seems you have done your homework at least . . . Still no trust on this end though from the company you keep . . .

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