Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Incredibly lightweight
just fast
Pro Beautiful interface
Some greeters such as the Unity Greeter look absolutely beautiful on LightDM.
Cons
Con Not really lightweight
How lightweight it is depends on the used greeter, but they all require much more dependencies than other lightweight greeters like XDM or SLiM.
Con No Wayland compatibility.
This means no wayland session can be launched at all using LightDM.
Commonly Compared
Help millions of people make better decisions.
Each month, over 1.7 million people use Slant to find the best products and share their knowledge. Pick the tags you’re passionate about to get a personalized feed and begin contributing your knowledge.