Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anybody using lightdm?

[Grant]

>> I switched to SLiM and I like it but I wish there were a way to
>> restart and/or shutdown from the login screen.  I had to emerge xterm
>> to make it work BTW.
>
> Could someone point out what is bad about gdm?
> Does it matter that much?
>
> What advantages does it have to use lightdm/slim/something else?
>
> Does it matter on modern powerful machines? Less packages to merge?

I'm interested to hear anyone else's opinion on this.  I thought it
came down to fewer dependencies, slightly lower use of system
resources, and a simpler and less cluttered interface.

- Grant