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| 8 | <chapter id="x-dm">
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Display Managers</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>
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| 14 | Display Managers are graphical programs used for starting the graphical
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| 15 | display (currently, the X server) and providing a login capability for
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| 16 | a Window Manager or Desktop Environment.
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| 17 | </para>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para>
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| 20 | There are many Display Managers available. Some of the more well
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| 21 | known include:
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| 22 | <application>gdm</application>,
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| 23 | <application>kdm</application> (deprecated),
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| 24 | <application>LightDM</application>,
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| 25 | <application>lxdm</application>,
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| 26 | <application>Slim</application>, and
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| 27 | <application>sddm</application>.
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| 28 | </para>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para>
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| 31 | Among the Desktop Environments available for Linux you find:
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| 32 | <application>Enlightenment</application>,
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| 33 | <application>GNOME</application>,
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| 34 | <application>Plasma</application>,
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| 35 | <application>lxde</application>,
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| 36 | <application>LXQt</application>, and
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| 37 | <application>xfce</application>.
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| 38 | </para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <para>
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| 41 | Choosing a Display Manager or Desktop Environment is highly subjective.
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| 42 | The choice depends on the look and feel of the packages, the resources
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| 43 | (memory and disk space) required, and the utilities included.
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| 44 | </para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | In this chapter, the installation instructions of some Display Managers
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| 48 | are presented. Later in the book, you will find other ones, which are
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| 49 | provided as part of some Desktop Environments.
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| 50 | </para>
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| 51 |
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| 53 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="lightdm.xml"/>
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| 54 | <!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="lxdm.xml"/>-->
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| 55 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="sddm.xml"/>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | </chapter>
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