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|| [[GDM|gdm]] || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/gdm|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/gdm}}]] ||[[Gnome]] Display Manager ||
|| DebPkg:kdm || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/kdm|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/kdm}}]] ||[[KDE]] Display Manager ||
|| DebPkg:lxdm || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/lxdm|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/lxdm}}]] ||[[LXDE]] display manager ||
|| [[XDM|xdm]] || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/xdm|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/xdm}}]] ||[[Xorg]]'s default display manager. ||
|| [[LightDM|lightdm]] || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/lightdm|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/lightdm}}]] ||desktop-independent customizable display manager ||
|| DebPkg:slim || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/slim|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/slim}}]] ||desktop-independent graphical login manager for X11 ||
|| [[SDDM|sddm]] || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/sddm|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/sddm}}]] ||display manager for X11 aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful ||
|| DebPkg:wdm || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/wdm|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/wdm}}]] ||WINGs Display Manager (using the WINGs widget-set used in Window Maker)||
|| DebPkg:nodm || [[http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/nodm|{{http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/nodm}}]] ||automatically start an X session at system boot (without prompting password, for single user environment).||		 || [[GDM|gdm3]] || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/gdm3|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/gdm3}}]] ||[[Gnome]] Display Manager ||
|| DebPkg:kdm || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/kdm|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/kdm}}]] ||[[KDE]] Display Manager ||
|| DebPkg:lxdm || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/lxdm|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/lxdm}}]] ||[[LXDE]] display manager ||
|| [[XDM|xdm]] || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/xdm|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/xdm}}]] ||[[Xorg]]'s default display manager. ||
|| [[LightDM|lightdm]] || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/lightdm|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/lightdm}}]] ||desktop-independent customizable display manager ||
|| DebPkg:slim || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/slim|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/slim}}]] ||desktop-independent graphical login manager for X11 ||
|| [[SDDM|sddm]] || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/sddm|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/sddm}}]] ||display manager for X11 aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful ||
|| DebPkg:wdm || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/wdm|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/wdm}}]] ||WINGs Display Manager (using the WINGs widget-set used in Window Maker)||
|| DebPkg:nodm || [[https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/nodm|{{https://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/nodm}}]] ||automatically start an X session at system boot (without prompting password, for single user environment).||

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Contents

  1. Definition
  2. Available X display managers
    1. More display managers
    2. Selecting default display manager

Definition

In the X Window System, an X display manager is a graphical login manager which starts a session on an X server from the same or another computer. A display manager presents the user with a login screen. A session starts when a user successfully enters a valid combination of username and password.1

Available X display managers

Package name

Screenshot

Description

 

gdm3

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/gdm3

Gnome Display Manager

kdm

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/kdm

KDE Display Manager

lxdm

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/lxdm

LXDE display manager

xdm

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/xdm

Xorg's default display manager.

lightdm

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/lightdm

desktop-independent customizable display manager

slim

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/slim

desktop-independent graphical login manager for X11

sddm

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/sddm

display manager for X11 aiming to be fast, simple and beautiful

wdm

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/wdm

WINGs Display Manager (using the WINGs widget-set used in Window Maker)

nodm

https://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/nodm

automatically start an X session at system boot (without prompting password, for single user environment).

 

More display managers

Search on Debtags: tag:x11::display-manager AND tag:role::program

Selecting default display manager

Try the dpkg-reconfigure solution of this page.

Note: X Display managers provide the x-display-manager virtual package (see virtual package policy).

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  1. Source: Wikipedia (1)