Here’s the Deal
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When comparing tbsm 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 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 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 Text-based
Not very simple.
Con Requires Xorg-server
Currently LXDM does not support wayland.