When comparing tbsm vs Entrance, the Slant community recommends Entrance for most people. In the question“What is the best Linux Display Manager?” Entrance is ranked 10th while tbsm is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Entrance is:
So it can be used on other unix-like operating systems besides linux without the need for linux bindings.
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Pros
Pro Wayland session can be started
Unlike other console-based display managers, tbsm supports Wayland session out of the box.
Pro Very lightweight
Pro Minimalistic
Pro Text based
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.
Cons
Con Text-based
Not very simple.
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