Display manager

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The Xdm in Debian

A display manager offers a graphical login before starting a desktop environment on Unix and Unix-like operating systems .

The display manager shows a graphical login screen for entering the user name and password . In addition, specifications for the session to be restarted can be set here, for example the desktop environment to be used or the window manager .

The historically oldest display manager for the X Window System is the X Display Manager (Xdm). Other common variants are the Light Display Manager (LightDM), the Gnome Display Manager (GDM), the KDE Display Manager (KDM) and the Simple Login Manager (SLiM) as well as wdm (see also Window Maker ) and Entrance Display Manager (see also Enlightenment ).

Graphic display manager
Abbreviation Surname
XDM X display manager
GDM Gnome Display Manager
KDM KDE Display Manager
SLiM Simple login manager
WDM WING's Display Manager
LightDM Light Display Manager
LXDM LXDE Display Manager
SDDM Simple Desktop Display Manager
No abbreviation Entrance Display Manager

Individual evidence

  1. Display manager. In: ubuntuusers.de Wiki. Retrieved February 18, 2018 .