Comment 77 for bug 395299

Sebastian, please lighten up. I'm sorry to have to say this, but you have created more negativity than others regarding this issue by pushing down legitimate complaints.

* Rushing this version of GDM was a bad idea. *

GDM is an important package: It's (usually) the first user interactive component a Ubuntu user is greeted with after BIOS/Grub. Take a look at LinuxMint 7. They nailed it, the boot to login process is beautiful all the way. New users can't wait to see what's next.. Even though it's basically just Ubuntu with a (very) pretty desktop theme.

Anyway, the obvious lack of configurability with GDM noted here is just one problem...

1. XDMCP -> Some of us actually use thin-clients.
2. Security: Let's face it, users are more likely to stuff it up when configuring manually.
3. The default is just plain ugly and should never have been approved. Sorry, but black on brown sucks.
4. Being slowed down and forced to click on a name in an ugly userlist is counter-intuative to useability.

During the upgrade process, Insufficient migrationary stuff was done with the config files.. It should have been automatic at least regarding the settings that do have a counterpart in the new configuration.

Okay, individual bugs could be created for each of these issues and perhaps more constructively dealt with, but the real problem here appears to be a little inflexibility of the human kind..