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[Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/17/2011 12:59 PM, amjjawad HOOHAA wrote:

> ... there are 3 different users are using the same PC and they want
> something to display the name of the current logged in user beside a
> feature to switch to another user.


Sounds like all they really need is a way to tell each login from the
others.

A simple solution is to set each users desktop preferences to use a
different desktop wallpaper; which user is logged in will then be pretty
clear from the look of the screen.  For example, if you have three
users, you can set each of them to use one of

  /usr/share/lxde/wallpapers/lxde_blue.jpg
  /usr/share/lxde/wallpapers/lxde_green.jpg
  /usr/share/lxde/wallpapers/lxde_red.jpg

The difference between those is pretty obvious.  Each user will soon
recognize "their own" colour of wallpaper.

If you want to get fancy, use mtpaint to edit some wallpapers that have
the user's names on them, and then use those custom wallpapers, a
different one for each user :)

[You can set the wallpaper by right-clicking on the desktop, clicking on
"Desktop Preferences", and then clicking on the folder icon to the right
of the "Wallpaper: field in the Appearance tab of the Desktop
Preferences window. ]

Jonathan