[clug] Gnome & Lock Screen

[Kim Holburn]

I can understand this.  There are good and valid reasons why you would not want screen locking.  For instance I have a virtual machine I often run on my desktop.  My desktop locks itself but I never want my virtual to do that, it would mean unlocking twice, the virtual machine just not needing it.  It is possible to do this but I have forgotten how, sorry.


> On 2019/May/26, at 3:56 pm, George at Clug via linux <linux at lists.samba.org> wrote:
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> Thanks for your comments.
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> Does anyone have a simple method of turning the Lock Screen off? 
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> I can get close by disabling the screen saver and keeping the computer
> from going into power saving.
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> Yeah, I will also complain about what a Smart Phone Lock Screen on a
> Desktop. I cannot determine any justifiable reason for its existence. 
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> https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/ScreenLock  
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> https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2018/05/09/redesigning-the-lock-screen/ 
> I agree logging in should not get in the way, but a lock screen does.
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> Unlocking and logging into a device is something that people do a lot.
> Since people do it a lot, it’s important that the experience is
> smooth and doesn’t get in the way. 
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> Since not all of us required the Lock Screen, would it be OK to have a
> Settings option to have it turned off?
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> Being a Desktop PC user, screen blanking for power saving is all I
> need. I usually have Power Saving turned off as if I am using the
> computer I have it turned on, and if I am not using it, I will turn it
> off at the power point before walking away. There are the occasional
> times when I have a long download, or an unattended task that will
> take some time to complete, and I will leave the computer running
> while I am away, but then I need to to be running, not going to sleep,
> screen blanking is useful at this time. If I need the computer locked,
> I can initiate the locking.
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> George.
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> On Sunday, 26-05-2019 at 15:23 Hal Ashburner wrote:
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> On Sun, 26 May 2019 at 13:58, George at Clug via linux 
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> Hi to anyone bothers to read this,
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> Gnome ???  Its UI Design leave me pondering, "why ?".
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> They went a different way.
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> 1) Hit the super key ("windows" logo or "apple" logo key on many
> keyboards) Just once
> 2) start typing the application you want to open by /any/ name that it
> is known by
> 3) use the arrow keys to select it if more than one app is displayed
> and the one you want isn't the first
> Choose!
> 4a) hit enter to select the existing instance or open it if it's
> closed 
> 4b) hit ctrl enter to open a new instance or window if it's already
> open
> It may not be something you care for in which case there are other
> excellent window managers around. I love it. Each to their own. You
> may enjoy it once you get used to it. You may not? You may not ever
> get that far. I find it super fast, super convenient and very,
> efficient. Mental block on "firefox" (it happens, sue me), type
> "browser" or whatever and it works great. 
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> I guessing that the reason the above Windowed UI items are missing is
> that Gnome is geared toward Tablets PCs and Smart Phones which cannot
> make use of mice, and hence Gnome' goal is to make the use of a mouse
> as redundant as possible.
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> I strongly doubt this. Typing is a pain on tablets and phones, mouse
> like tapping of the screen is their preferred interface. Gnome
> probably isn't that great in such a situation. it's optimised for
> keyboard use.
> I suspect it is more due to the "ratpoison" mindset as explained in
> the following link, which incidentally I find to be the funniest
> mailing list post I have ever read and while unlikely to be greatly
> edifying may be worth your time for entertainment value alone ??
> https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/inspiration.html
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> Good luck with whatever works.
> (Just quietly isn't it great we can swap in and out a whole WM for one
> we personally prefer whenever we feel like it - then hack the ruddy
> thing so it's /just exactly/ how we want it? If you've been stuck on
> an proprietary system temporarily it jars so hard when you can't do
> it!)
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