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A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_display_manager display manager] presents the user with a login screen. A session starts when a user successfully enters a valid combination of username and password. It is typically a graphical user interface that is displayed at the end of the boot process in place of the default shell.

== List of Display Managers ==

* [[GDM]] ({{Pkg|gdm}}): [[Gnome]] display manager
* [[LightDM]] ({{Pkg|lightdm}}): Cross-desktop display manager
* [[SDDM]] ({{Pkg|sddm}}): Simple Desktop Display Manager. Recommended for [[KDE]] (Plasma) and [[LXQt]].
* [[XDM]] ({{Pkg|xdm}}): X Display Manager
* [[LXDM]] ({{Pkg|lxdm}}): A lightweight desktop login manager
* [[SLiM]] ({{Pkg|slim}}): Desktop-independent graphical login manager for X11 (abandoned since 2013)

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