>> I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to >> restart and/or shutdown from the login screen. I had to emerge xterm >> to make it work BTW. > > Could someone point out what is bad about gdm? > Does it matter that much? > > What advantages does it have to use lightdm/slim/something else? > > Does it matter on modern powerful machines? Less packages to merge?
I'm interested to hear anyone else's opinion on this. I thought it came down to fewer dependencies, slightly lower use of system resources, and a simpler and less cluttered interface. - Grant
