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List:       freedesktop-xorg
Subject:    Feature request for XGL : "for each face of the cube,
From:       "unk unk" <unknown00 () caramail ! com>
Date:       2006-03-30 18:07:23
Message-ID: 16295130583434 () lycos-europe ! com
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Hello.


At the moment, the XGL user can move the cube and notice that each face represents \
one of the four virtual desktops. Instead of switching from a virtual desktop to \
another by rotating the cube, it would be cool to be able to switch from a Linux \
session to another.

Each face would be a different Linux session (User or Root). This would greatly \
increase the ease of use of a Linux system, making easy the quick switch from a User \
session to a Root one.

Imagine someone using his/her computer at home (a simple Linux user). He/she usually \
only uses his/her User account for his/her "daily normal use" and sometimes the Root \
one in order to install softwares. There could be one face of the XGL cube reserved \
for a Root session and others for User sessions. This way, administrate the system \
would become very easy. To install software or administrate the system, no need \
anymore to become root in a console, the user would just have to rotate the cube... \
Simple isn't it ?



There would be a total of three possibilities (keeping in mind that a cube has 6 \
faces..) :

CASE #1 :
Keep the actual XGL behaviour : 4 faces, one for each virtual desktop (of a simple \
User session). The XGL user rotates the cube horizontally to switch between them \
(desktop1 --> desktop2 --> desktop3 --> desktop4). The top and bottom faces are \
reserved (as seen in the XGL video demos) for the XGL logo. No change at all. 

CASE #2 :
Each face of the cube would display a different Linux session... Let's say a face \
must be reserved for the XGL logo, ok.  So there are still 5 faces available : XGL \
could have one face for the simple User "Patrick" (for example), another face for the \
simple User "Dad", one for the user "Johnny", etc...  and finally one face (the fifth \
one) for a Root session. And of course, getting rid of the XGL logo on the other face \
(the sixth one), that makes (of course) a total of 6 faces so 6 possible different \
Linux sessions.

CASE #3 :
A mix of the 2 above cases : 4 faces, one for each virtual desktop of the User \
session "Patrick". But one of the two unused faces left (the top or the bottom ones) \
could be reserved for a Root session. The user would use XGL just like he/she would \
at the moment (rotating the cube horizontally to switch between virtual desktops) \
except for choosing the Root session. 

To do that, he/she would have to move the cube vertically so that or the top or the \
bottom face would be visible (depending on where he/she would have choosed to put the \
Root session). So the User session "Patrick" would still have its four virtual \
desktops easily available, as well as the Root session.

By the way, if the XGL user wants to have 4 Linux User sessions and 2 Root sessions, \
that would be possible too (even 6 Root sessions.. but I don't see the point to do \
that).

What if Patrick wants to logout ? 
In this case, all the four virtual desktops (the 4 faces) would display the "logout \
message window". Then or GDM or KDM would be displayed again in order to choose a new \
User (or Root session, even if already one is opened).



Note about virtual desktops (especially for the CASE #2) :
At the moment XGL makes their switch very easy because each face is a virtual \
desktop. But for the CASE #2, since each face would be a different Linux session, the \
switch between virtual desktops with XGL wouldn't be possible. 

I already hear some of you asking "Yes but each session would be restricted to one \
virtual desktop ?" Yes and no. In fact, virtual desktops would still be there inside \
KDE or Gnome, but of course XGL would not be able to switch between them since each \
face now would display a different Linux session.



What do you guys think of these ideas ?
I think this would greatly increase the ease of use of Linux and the system \
management for the "simple  Linux user". By the way, it's just an idea...



Sebastien Kerguen

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