LightDM

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LightDM
Original author Robert Ancell
Developers
  • Robert Ancell
  • David Edmundson
Initial releaseSeptember 10, 2010;15 years ago (2010-09-10)
Stable release
1.32.0 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 18 July 2022;3 years ago (18 July 2022)
Repository
Written in C
Operating system Linux, OpenIndiana
Size 1 MB
Available in>50 languages [2] [3] [4]
Type X display manager
License GPL-3.0-or-later
Website github.com/CanonicalLtd/lightdm

LightDM is a free and open-source X display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast, extensible and multi-desktop. [5] It can use various front-ends to draw the user interface, [6] also called Greeters. [7] It also supports Wayland. [8] [9]

Contents

LightDM is the default display manager for Edubuntu, Xubuntu and Mythbuntu since the 11.10 release, [10] [11] [12] for Lubuntu since the 12.04 release [13] until 16.10, [14] for Kubuntu beginning with 12.10 [15] until 15.04 [16] for Linux Mint [17] and Antergos.

Features

Features include:

LightDM has a simpler code base than GDM and does not load any GNOME libraries to work, but at the cost of some features that the user may or may not need. [18] [19]

Available greeters

LightDM Greeters in active development
NameKey feature(s)VersionWebsite
Arctica GreeterGreeter for Arctica, [20] fork of Unity Greeter0.99.1.4 [21] github.com/ArcticaProject/arctica-greeter
Deepin GreeterGreeter for Deepin 5.0.0 [22] github.com/linuxdeepin/dde-session-ui
GTK GreeterGreeter for Xubuntu and former GTK reference implementation, [23] former Lubuntu default, [13] Xubuntu default [11] 2.0.8 [24] github.com/Xubuntu/lightdm-gtk-greeter
Mini GreeterMinimalist, single-user. INI configuration0.5.1 [25] github.com/prikhi/lightdm-mini-greeter
Pantheon GreeterGreeter for elementary OS [26] 7.0.0 [27] github.com/elementary/greeter
Qt5 GreeterGreeter for Qt 50.11.1 [28] github.com/rezso/lightdm-qt5-greeter
Slick GreeterGreeter for Linux Mint, fork of Unity Greeter1.4.1 [29] github.com/linuxmint/slick-greeter
WebEngine Greeter QtWebEngine-based, C++ rewrite of Web Greeter 3.0— github.com/matijaskala/lightdm-webengine-greeter
Web Greeter QtWebEngine-based, continuing Antergos Web Greeter 3.0, [30] allows to create web based themes3.4.1 [31]

github.com/JezerM/web-greeter

WebKit2 GreeterEasy theming [6] 2.0.0 [32] gitlab.com/tearch-linux/applications-and-tools/lightdm-webkit2-greeter
Dormant LightDM Greeters
NameKey feature(s)VersionWebsite
Antergos Web GreeterDefault greeter for Antergos. [33] Uses HTML/JavaScript for theming [34] 2.2.5 [35] github.com/Antergos/web-greeter
Crowd GreeterDemonstration for an OpenGL-based Greeter [36] [37] 0.0.2 [38] launchpad.net/crowd-greeter
GTK Builder GreeterAn alternative implementation from LXDE for GTK based on GtkBuilder featuring WYSIWYG theme editing with Glade Interface Designer.0.2.0 [39] lxde.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lxde%2Fldm-gtk-builder-greeter%3Ba%3Dsummary
KDE Greeter Plasma 4 integration, [40] [41] Kubuntu default [15] until superseded by SDDM [16] 0.3.2.2 [42] github.com/KDE/lightdm
LXQt Greeter Qt-only Greeter for LXQt desktop (formerly Razor Greeter [43] ) until superseded by SDDM [44] 0.7 github.com/surlykke/qt-lightdm-greeter
Qt GreeterReference implementation in Qt — launchpad.net/lightdm-qt-greeter
Unity GreeterFormer Ubuntu default [6] 15.04.3 [45] launchpad.net/unity-greeter

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Release 1.32.0". 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Translations: Light Display Manager". Translations.launchpad.net. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  3. ↑ "Translations: LightDM GTK Greeter". Translations.launchpad.net. 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  4. ↑ "Translations: Unity Greeter". Translations.launchpad.net. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  5. ↑ The Light Display Manager (LightDM) , retrieved 17 May 2011
  6. 1 2 3 Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM, 12 May 2011, retrieved 18 May 2011
  7. ↑ Fischer, Matt (2012-02-07). "» So You Want to Write a LightDM Greeter… Matt Fischer's Blog". Mattfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  8. ↑ "Readme Manual of LightDM". GitHub . 3 May 2022.
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  11. 1 2 Xubuntu 11.10 Release Notes, Canonical, retrieved 17 December 2012
  12. ↑ "BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes - Ubuntu Wiki".
  13. 1 2 Lubuntu 12.04 ReleaseNotes, Canonical, retrieved 14 Jun 2012
  14. ↑ "Discussion about greeter (Log in) application for 16.10 Qt versi... : Blueprints : Lubuntu Next". 11 May 2014.
  15. 1 2 RFC] Merging LightDM into KDE Workspaces, mail.kde.org, 20 August 2012, retrieved 2013-05-29
  16. 1 2 Bhartiya, Swapnil. "Kubuntu 15.04 With Plasma 5.3 - A Totally Different Kubuntu - Linux.com". Linux.com - The source for Linux Information. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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  20. ↑ "The Arctica Project". arctica-project.org. The Arctica Project. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  21. ↑ "Arctica Greeter". Github.
  22. ↑ "dde-session-ui". Github.
  23. ↑ LightDM GTK Greeter in Launchpad, Launchpad.net, 29 November 2011, retrieved 2012-12-16
  24. ↑ "GTK LightDM Greeter for Xubuntu". Github.
  25. ↑ Mini Greeter Releases, GitHub, retrieved 2022-03-13
  26. ↑ Hello, Luna Beta 1 | elementary, Elementaryos.org, 2012-11-14, retrieved 2013-05-29
  27. ↑ "LightDM Greeter for Pantheon". Github.
  28. ↑ "LightDM Greeter for Qt 5". Github.
  29. ↑ Slick Greeter Releases, GitHub, retrieved 2020-09-20
  30. ↑ Antergos Web Greeter 3.0, GitHub, retrieved 2021-07-10
  31. ↑ Web Greeter 3.4.1 release, GitHub, retrieved 2021-04-10
  32. ↑ LightDM Webkit Greeter, GitLab, 11 January 2016, retrieved 2020-09-20
  33. ↑ "Antergos | Your Linux. Always Fresh. Never Frozen". Antergos Linux. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  34. ↑ "lightdm-webkit2-greeter - master". doclets.io. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  35. ↑ "Antergos/web-greeter". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  36. ↑ ~lightdm-team/crowd-greeter/trunk (2011-07-27), ~lightdm-team/crowd-greeter/trunk : contents of NEWS at revision 33, Bazaar.launchpad.net, archived from the original on 2022-11-18, retrieved 2013-05-29
  37. ↑ LightDM Crowd Greeter, YouTube, 2011-09-07, retrieved 2013-05-29
  38. ↑ Crowd Greeter : "LightDM Development Team" team, Launchpad.net, 2011-09-08, retrieved 2013-05-29
  39. ↑ Status of LXDE Components, LXDE Team, archived from the original on 17 October 2019, retrieved 17 December 2012
  40. ↑ Edmundson, David (2012-07-21), LightDM-KDE 0.2.0, Sharpley.org.uk, archived from the original on 2012-12-24, retrieved 2012-08-23
  41. ↑ Rationales, Static.davidedmundson.co.uk, retrieved 2013-05-29
  42. ↑ LightDM-KDE File Archive, KDE, archived from the original on 27 October 2017, retrieved 6 June 2013
  43. ↑ Razor-qt, razorqt-lightdm-greeter, Github.com, retrieved 2012-08-23
  44. ↑ Leclanche, Jerome (2013-10-30). "[Lxde-list] CALL FOR TESTERS: LXQt now available for testing". sourceforge.net. SourceForge. Retrieved 2016-05-08. ... For a display manager, SDDM is recommended ...
  45. ↑ Unity Greeter, Launchpad.net, 31 May 2011, retrieved 2012-12-16
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