Display managers
A display manager allows you to use a login screen and select which window manager you want to use. In this article I will show you some of them.
You may need to manually enable DM service in some Linux distributions.
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LightDM
You need to install a “greeter” because lightdm
package only has the software core.
# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter
GNOME Display Manager
It’s the default DM for GNOME. You can use it with other desktops but it’s a big package (includes a lot of software) and it may not be the best option.
In some Linux distros the package name is gdm
, in others gdm3
.
LXDM
The default DM for LXDE (valid for other desktops). Installing process is fast.
SDDM
Default DM for KDE (valid for other desktops).
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