In simple terms, a display manager is a program that provides graphical login capabilities for your Linux distribution. It controls the user sessions and manages user authentication. Display manager starts thedisplay serverand loads thedesktop environmentright after you enter your username and password....
SDDM is available for installation from the local package manager. On Ubuntu, we can use this command: $ sudo apt install sddm This is the Fedora command: $ sudo dnf install sddm Finally, on Arch Linux, we have this command: $ sudo pacman -S sddm Below is a preview of SDDM: Here,...
With login manager (SDDM, GDM) If you specified during the installation of your operating system that you want to log in via the login manager, you can change the session type there. For TUXEDO OS or Kubuntu SDDM is used, for Ubuntu it is GDM. You can see the respective selection field...
One of the most significant changes in theXfce Wayland roadmapis the decision not to rely on XWayland for compatibility. Instead, the team has opted to usewlrootsover libmutter. This strategic move aims to improve Wayland integration within the Xfce desktop environment, offering users a more nat...
same with Lx 4.2 it refused to start by asking more memory. Perhaps it is important to note that OpenMandrivaclaims to be the firstGNU/Linux OS which is compiled with the newLLVMtechnology rather than thede factostandard GNU GCC (GCC is used to produce Debian, Ubuntu, even Mandriva itself...
NCSC-TG-025 is no longer a data sanitization standard for the NSA. The NSA/CSS Storage Device Declassification Manual (NSA/CSS SDDM) lists only degaussing and physical destruction via incineration as NSA approved ways to sanitize hard drive data. You canread the NSA/CSS SDDM here(PDF). ...
Ready to get the latest and greatest from the KDE team? The awesome Plasma 5.25 release is officially out now.