If you have a multi-user system, the login manager has some advantages because
it allows you to select who has shutdown priveleges, etc. It also has an
additional password screen for further protection. If you have a single-user
system, I can't see any real advantage to a login manager. On a single-user
system I use guichooser to simplify chosing which window manager I want to use.
I have eight of them installed.
> I'll need to read up on the advantages of one mode over the other. I
> don't mind console mode, but always run startx when I want to work in a
> gui desktop environment, and have no problems using a terminal window to
> do much of my work. I don't mind command line mode and definitely don't
> see any real advantage with MS Windows in this respect. I spend much
> time in terminal windows, and the programming editor I normally use is
> vim (not even bothering with gvim).
>
> However, if there's an enhanced security advantage using kdm or gdm or
> xdm boot mode, then I would definitely switch. Otherwise, am in no
> hurry to do so.
>
> Is there such an advantage booting with these as the boot mode?
>
> mike
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