Hi, For now, we have LXDM as display manager, but I would like to try lightDM for this cycle.
lightDM have several advantages : - It's cross-platform, means other desktops may use it and support it. - It'll proposed for inclusion is Ubuntu in natty+1, and if it succeed, it means also more support. Support is important for this piece of software, because it's more complex than a standard desktop application. It's also important to have testers because it needs to deal with many different configurations and situations. Another advantage : lightDM doesn't depends directly on GNOME component, only the greeter (the login screen) who use have those depends. And there is already a greeter which is similar to the LXDM one (thanks PCMan :)) You can read more on lightDM on the homepage [1] or on the blog of the author [2]. You can also see the blueprint for inclusion in standard Ubuntu [3]. Also, I already plan to continue to maintain LXDM, so if lightDM is not ready for 11.04, we will have the possibility to switch back to LXDM. A version to test it in a real installation will be available in the Lubuntu Desktop PPA in several days. Regards, Julien Lavergne [1] : https://launchpad.net/lightdm [2] : http://bobthegnome.blogspot.com/2010/07/lightdm.html [3] : https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/packageselection-desktop-n-display-manager _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp