Use LightDM for display management
Registered by
Robert Ancell
Replace GDM with LightDM:
https:/
Advantages over GDM:
- Faster - the greeter doesn't require an entire GNOME session to run
- More flexible - multiple greeters are supported through a well defined interface. This allows Ubuntu derivatives to use the same display manager (e.g. Kubuntu, Lubuntu etc).
- Simpler codebase - similar feature set in ~5,000 lines of code compared to 50,000 in GDM
- Supports more usecases - first class support for XDMCP and multihead.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Martin Pitt
- Priority:
- Low
- Drafter:
- Robert Ancell
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Robert Ancell
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for natty
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Robert Ancell
- Completed by
- Martin Pitt
Whiteboard
Work items:
Make LightDM available in natty universe: DONE
(?)