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When comparing MDM vs Qingy, the Slant community recommends MDM for most people. In the question“What is the best Linux Display Manager?” MDM is ranked 13th while Qingy is ranked 16th.
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Pros
Pro Easily user-configurable
Pro Many available themes
Hundreds of themes.
Pro Excellent documentation, easy-to-find/understand
Pro Mature software
Pro Getty replacement
It is a getty replacement so it will not only replace your X11 login manager but also your getty.
Cons
Con Might not work well with distributions that are based on more recent packages
This is a display manager forked from GDM2 by the Linux Mint developers. So the display manager is developed alongside Linux Mint, and since Linux Mint is based on the latest Ubuntu LTS it might not work well with distributions that are based on more recent packages.
Con Depends on GTK and its dependencies
Con Ancient fossil dredged up from nearly a decade ago
Qingy doesn't appear to have updated since 2010. That's a long time in Internet years.
Con Not a display manager
Qingy is not a display manager - it is a getty replacement.