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Window Manager Overview
A display manager, or login manager, is typically a graphical user interface that is displayed at the end of the boot process in place of the default shell.
LightDM Overview
LightDM is a cross-desktop display manager. Its key features are:
- Cross-desktop - supports different desktop technologies.
- Supports different display technologies (X, Mir, Wayland ...).
- Lightweight - low memory usage and high performance.
- Supports guest sessions.
- Supports remote login (incoming - XDMCP, VNC, outgoing - XDMCP, PAM).
- Comprehensive test suite.
- Low code complexity.
Install LightDM (Cross-desktop display manager)
pacman -S lightdm
Install lightdm-gtk-greeter
pacman -S lightdm-gtk-greeter
Install lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings (needed to switch between window managers and desktop envs)
pacman -S lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings
- Enable lightdm service
systemctl enable lightdm
List enabled services
systemctl list-unit-files --state=enabled