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Transition to LightDM

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http://crunchbang.org – I would really like to see a transition towards LightDM. I realize SLiM is super low on resources, and while I havn't seen a side by side comparison, I can't imagine that LightDM is much worse.Pros: LightDM is MUCH better equipped to help users that desire multiple window managers.LightDM Can use multiple greeters, even if we as a community wanted our own custom greeter.LightDM is easy to configure from the user point of view (example: auto-login)Cons:SLiM is already in place and configured.The current SliM config looks much better than the default lighdm-gtk-greeterIf nobody ever lo (HowTos)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 12/10/2012

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