X11 for various distros

sndlt · 06-30-2014, 11:11 AM

What are some basic login manager (X11) for various distributions?

(1) Red Hat
(2) Vanilla
(3) Fedora
(4) Debian/Ubuntu

Thanks.

maples · 06-30-2014, 09:04 PM

...X11 is not the login manager, it's the whole system that enables the graphical interface. And I think it's called "display manager," not "login manager"

But as to your qiuestion...
1. http://bit.ly/1k8l3YO
2. IDK what you mean by "vanilla"...I've never heard of a distro by that name
3. http://bit.ly/1iU7AsF
4. http://bit.ly/1k8lcLG

Google is your friend! Just read the preview of the first few results, and it's there.

273 · 07-01-2014, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sndlt

(4) Debian/Ubuntu

Debian and Ubuntu aren't the same thing. Although Ubuntu is based upon Debian for the kind of question you are asking they should be considered separately. In one of its forthcoming releases apparently Ubuntu won't be using X11 at all, for example.

DavidMcCann · 07-01-2014, 11:27 AM

Display managers also vary according to the desktop used. Fedora and Red Hat offer KDE and Gnome: the first has KDM and the second GDM. Similarly, Mate has MDM. I suspect most distros will use those. There's also LXDM, SLiM, lightdm, xdm...

Wikipedia has an article explaining what a display manager does. The Arch Wiki has a article telling you what's available:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Display_Manager
Between them, those two sources alone will answer most questions about the basic components of Linux.

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sndlt · 07-02-2014, 08:53 PM

anyone know much about Vanilla?

evo2 · 07-02-2014, 09:14 PM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by sndlt

anyone know much about Vanilla?

the term "vanilla" is often used to mean "standard" or "plain". Perhaps if you give some context to your question people might be able to help you.

Evo2.

ReaperX7 · 07-03-2014, 04:25 PM

Vanilla in terms of Linux means to describe unmodified, unpatched, and clean code from upsteam sources. It doesn't mean just a plain or standard package.

As far as login-managers (desktop managers) go, KDM, GDM, and XDM are the most commonly used on just about any distribution with KDM being the highest common per capita.

JWJones · 07-03-2014, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sndlt

anyone know much about Vanilla?

It's the more boring cousin of Chocolate.

273 · 07-04-2014, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReaperX7

Vanilla in terms of Linux means to describe unmodified, unpatched, and clean code from upsteam sources. It doesn't mean just a plain or standard package.

As far as login-managers (desktop managers) go, KDM, GDM, and XDM are the most commonly used on just about any distribution with KDM being the highest common per capita.

So in this context what does vanilla mean? If it means vanilla Linux then there is no display manager at all as the kernel doesn't ship with one.
As far as I am aware there is no vanilla Linux with a desktop environment shipped by Linus and the team?
sndlt: What are you asking here? Are you asking what the default display manager is for the various distributions? Or are you asking what the default desktop environment is? Or something else?

sndlt · 07-04-2014, 09:28 AM

I got my question already answered. That Vanilla is an unmodified distribution.

Thank you.