LightDM

LightDM

LightDM in Ubuntu 12.04 with its default Unity Greeter front-end
Original author(s) Robert Ancell
Developer(s)
  • Robert Ancell
  • David Edmundson
Initial release September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10)
Stable release 1.14.0 / March 24, 2015 (2015-03-24)[1]
Development status Active
Written in C
Operating system Linux
Platform GTK+, Qt
Size 1 MB
Available in >50 languages[2][3][4]
Type
License GNU GPL 3[5]
Website freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM

LightDM is an X display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast, extensible and multi-desktop.[6] It uses various front-ends to draw login interfaces,[7] so-called Greeters.[8]

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.[9][10] LightDM is the default display manager for Ubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu and Mythbuntu since 11.10 release,[11][12] for Lubuntu since 12.04 release,[13] and for Kubuntu beginning with 12.10[14] until 15.04.[15]

Available greeters

LightDM Greeters in active development
Name Key feature(s) Version Website
GTK+ Greeter Reference implementation in GTK+,[16] Lubuntu default,[13] Xubuntu default[12] 2.0[16] launchpad.net
Pantheon Greeter Greeter for Elementary OS[17] 2.0[18] launchpad.net
Unity Greeter Ubuntu default[7] 15.04.3[19] launchpad.net
Dormant LightDM Greeters
Name Key feature(s) Version Website
Crowd Greeter Demonstration for an OpenGL-based Greeter[20][21] 0.0.2[22] launchpad.net
GTK+ Builder Greeter An alternative implementation from LXDE for GTK+ based on GtkBuilder featuring WYSIWYG theme editing with Glade Interface Designer. 0.2.0[23] sourceforge.net
KDE Greeter Plasma integration,[24][25] Kubuntu default[14] until superseded by SDDM[15] 0.3.2.2[26] projects.kde.org
LXQt Greeter Qt-only Greeter for LXQt desktop (formerly Razor Greeter[27]) 0.7 lxde.org
Qt Greeter Reference implementation in Qt — launchpad.net
WebKit Greeter Easy theming[7] 2.0.0[28] launchpad.net

See also

References

  1. ↑ Light Display Manager, Launchpad.net
  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. ↑ LightDM: Contents of COPYING, launchpad.net, retrieved 2012-08-23
  6. ↑ The Light Display Manager (LightDM), retrieved 17 May 2011
  7. 1 2 3 Ubuntu 11.10 To Switch From GDM To LightDM, 12 May 2011, retrieved 18 May 2011
  8. ↑ Fischer, Matt (2012-02-07). "» So You Want to Write a LightDM Greeter… Matt Fischer's Blog". Mattfischer.com. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  9. ↑ Ubuntu adopts LightDM, login screens to get more exciting, Geek.com, 12 May 2011, retrieved 18 May 2011
  10. ↑ LightDM, or: an examination of a misunderstanding of the problem, 12 May 2011, retrieved 14 July 2015
  11. ↑ Ubuntu 11.10 ReleaseNotes, Canonical, retrieved 28 May 2012
  12. 1 2 Xubuntu 11.10 Release Notes, Canonical, retrieved 17 December 2012
  13. 1 2 Lubuntu 12.04 ReleaseNotes, Canonical, retrieved 14 Jun 2012
  14. 1 2 RFC] Merging LightDM into KDE Workspaces, mail.kde.org, retrieved 2013-05-29
  15. 1 2 Swapnil Bhartiya. "Kubuntu 15.04 With Plasma 5.3 - A Totally Different Kubuntu - Linux.com". Linux.com - The source for Linux Information.
  16. 1 2 LightDM GTK+ Greeter in Launchpad, Launchpad.net, retrieved 2012-12-16
  17. ↑ Hello, Luna Beta 1 | elementary, Elementaryos.org, 2012-11-14, retrieved 2013-05-29
  18. ↑ "Greeter in Launchpad". launchpad.net.
  19. ↑ Unity Greeter, Launchpad.net, retrieved 2012-12-16
  20. ↑ ~lightdm-team/crowd-greeter/trunk (2011-07-27), ~lightdm-team/crowd-greeter/trunk : contents of NEWS at revision 33, Bazaar.launchpad.net, retrieved 2013-05-29
  21. ↑ LightDM Crowd Greeter, YouTube, 2011-09-07, retrieved 2013-05-29
  22. ↑ Crowd Greeter : "LightDM Development Team" team, Launchpad.net, 2011-09-08, retrieved 2013-05-29
  23. ↑ Status of LXDE Components, LXDE Team, retrieved 17 December 2012
  24. ↑ David Edmundson (2012-07-21), LightDM-KDE 0.2.0, Sharpley.org.uk, retrieved 2012-08-23
  25. ↑ Rationales, Static.davidedmundson.co.uk, retrieved 2013-05-29
  26. ↑ LightDM-KDE File Archive, KDE, retrieved 6 June 2013
  27. ↑ Razor-qt, razorqt-lightdm-greeter, Github.com, retrieved 2012-08-23
  28. ↑ LightDM Webkit Greeter, Launchpad.net, retrieved 2016-01-12

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