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=== Graphical === | === Graphical === | ||
* [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm GDM] ({{Pkg|gdm}}): [[GNOME]] display manager | * [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdm GDM] ({{Pkg|gdm}}): [[GNOME]] display manager | ||
* [https://github.com/canonical/lightdm LightDM] ({{Pkg|lightdm}}): Cross-desktop display manager | * [https://github.com/canonical/lightdm LightDM] ({{Pkg|lightdm}}): Cross-desktop display manager | ||
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=== Console === | === Console === | ||
* [[TTY_Autologin|Agetty]] ({{Pkg|agetty}}): Console based login manager | * [[TTY_Autologin|Agetty]] ({{Pkg|agetty}}): Console based login manager | ||
=== Daemon === | === Daemon === | ||
* [[greetd|Greetd]] ({{Pkg|greetd}}): Desktop independent lightweight login manager daemon | * [[greetd|Greetd]] ({{Pkg|greetd}}): Desktop independent lightweight login manager daemon | ||
[[Category:Display Managers]] | [[Category:Display Managers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:20, 25 May 2025
A 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
Graphical
- GDM (gdm): GNOME display manager
- LightDM (lightdm): Cross-desktop display manager
- SDDM (sddm): Simple Desktop Display Manager. Recommended for KDE (Plasma) and LXQt.
- XDM (xdm): X Display Manager
- LXDM (lxdm): A lightweight desktop login manager
- SLiM (slim): Desktop-independent graphical login manager for X11 (abandoned since 2013)