>>> 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? > > More dependencies, more moving parts, more stuff to build, more stuff > to break. And that's just a principle-driven overview. I don't have > any systems not running slim right now, so I can't do a direct > comparison without installing and configuring gdm. > > The only significant use I might require gdm for would be XDMCP > support...slim doesn't appear to support that.
Same with multi-seat. GDM and lightdm both support it but slim doesn't AFAIK. - Grant
