Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Entrance vs LXDM, the Slant community recommends LXDM for most people. In the question“What is the best Linux Display Manager?” LXDM is ranked 9th while Entrance is ranked 10th.
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Pros
Pro Does not need Systemd
So it can be used on other unix-like operating systems besides linux without the need for linux bindings.
Pro A Sandbox
Entrance is probably the most configurable and themeable display manager available.
Pro Fast and fluent
Pro Works with Nvidia
Works well with Nvidia.
Pro Only two dependencies
Only needs GTK and Xorg-Server.
Pro GTK2 and GTK3 versions
Pro Works well on USB
A full install of arch on live USB works well on many computers with no text issues with LXDM.
Cons
Con Edje is hard to master
EDJE *.edc files are CSS-Like code that is hard to master:
https://www.enlightenment.org/_legacy_embed/edcref.html
Con Requires Xorg-server
Currently LXDM does not support wayland.