On 10/4/18 3:04 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 10/04/18 17:52, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> A DM presents a graphical login screen, handles user logins, and allows
> you to select which DE you want to run at login time. Many people find
> that useful, but if you don't then that's up to you.
>
> poc
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A good explanation, I can't find that with Google. Maybe I don't know
how to ask? But I can go with yours, thank you.
Yes, a display manager (DM) presents a GUI login screen (called a
"greeter") and generally allows you to select which desktop environment
(DE) you want to use (e.g. XFCE, Mint, KDE, Gnome, whatever). Since
you're specifically starting XFCE via startxfce4, then a DM doesn't
really buy you anything and isn't necessary.
If, however, you do want the system to boot up to a GUI to allow someone
to log in, you have to install one of the DMs, enable it, and have the
system boot to the multi-user.target level to make that all work.
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