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Add to SafariWhen comparing ly vs CDM, the Slant community recommends CDM for most people. In the question“What is the best Linux Display Manager?” CDM is ranked 3rd while ly is ranked 6th.
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Pros
Pro Minimal
Pro Simple in use
Pro Very quick and responsive
Pro CLI Based
It's so much lightweight because CLI Based.
Pro Supports both X11 and Wayland
Pro Easy to use
Includes a shell login and Basic Wayland support.
Pro Has almost no dependencies
Pro Supports virtually any DE/WM
Pro Very lightweight
Takes up almost no system resources.
Cons
Con Doesn't pickup special characters
For example ß or æ.
Con Not very customizable
Con CLI-based
Very simple and minimalistic graphical interface.
Con Bad documentation & install guidance
Con Bad availability in distros
There is no CDM in distros repositories (only in AUR on arch)
However you always can compile it from source.
Con Curses-like interface
Very simple and minimalistic graphical interface.
