LightDM
LightDM: Lightweight Display Manager & Greeter
Lightweight display manager and greeter for Linux and other Unix-based operating systems, aiming to be fast, extensible and standards-compliant.
What is LightDM?
LightDM is a display manager developed by Robert Ancell to be a lightweight, extensible, and standards-compliant graphical login solution for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Some key features and goals of LightDM include:
- Speed - LightDM is designed to have a small memory footprint and minimal CPU usage for high performance.
- Extensibility - It has a modular architecture making it easy to write plugins for new user interfaces, user sessions or authentication mechanisms using technologies like JavaScript, Python or Vala.
- Standards - LightDM supports PAM for flexible authentication and also supports XDG specifications for theming and location of configurations.
LightDM serves as a graphical login screen greeter while also managing user logins and starting the user sessions and desktop environments. Its modular design makes LightDM adaptable to a wide range of Linux distributions and devices. It offers several configurable greeters and backends to meet an array of visual, usability and security needs.
LightDM Features
Features
- Lightweight and fast
- Supports different desktop environments and window managers
- Supports theming and customization
- Supports multiple user accounts and guest accounts
- Supports remote login
- Supports autologin
Pricing
- Open Source
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