[Linux-users] face browser for gdm?

[Ari Pollak]

I'm not quite sure what the practical purpose of such a feature would
be. Not only would gdm have to go searching through every single user's
home directory for a picture every time it starts (which may or may not
require gdm being root, in which case NFS will squash it), but I don't
think anyone would actually browse to their face to log in, given the
number of users available.
There has to be a better way of students being introduced to their
peers, but I don't feel this is it.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 11:26:06PM -0400, Russell Neches wrote:
> 
> All right, I know it's stupid and silly. But don't you think it would be
> kind of fun to have photos for logging into the Linux systems?
> Everything is already installed, so we'd just have to enable it. People
> can choose the photo they want displayed with gdmphotosetup.
> 
> It'd be nice if it only showed photos for people who'd actually chosen
> one. At the very least, it would be a cute way for freshmen to get
> aquanted with faculty and upperclassmen. 
>