LightDM to replace GDM

[Micah Gersten]

On 01/25/2011 01:08 PM, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> There is a new application available for Natty, called lightdm. This is
> a written from scratch application to replace GDM, the current default
> display manager(what many of us non-developers know as the login
> screen). lightdm is new, and may have bugs.
>
> We would like feedback on replacing gdm with lightdm for Natty, knowing
> it may still have a few issues. GDM is hard to theme, and not real user
> friendly in Xubuntu now. The developer of lightdm is very willing to
> work with us on features desired and getting bugs fixed.
>
> From a user viewpoint, I installed lightdm in place of gdm using natty
> in VirtualBox. It worked nicely. More testing would be required, of
> couse.
>
> Thought and opinions on replacing GDM?
>
>
This seems like an easy win in terms of performance for Xubuntu without
much sacrifice.  My only question is whether or not the login screen
will be configurable like GDM used to be (and still can be if you
manually edit the settings).

Thanks,
Micah