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When comparing tbsm vs ly, the Slant community recommends ly for most people. In the question“What is the best Linux Display Manager?” ly is ranked 6th while tbsm is ranked 11th.
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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 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.
Cons
Con Text-based
Not very simple.
Con Doesn't pickup special characters
For example ß or æ.
Con Not very customizable
Con CLI-based
Very simple and minimalistic graphical interface.