SLiM ( Simple Login Manager ) is a graphical display manager for the X Window System. It was developed with the goal of being lightweight, fully customizable, independent of the work environment and working where a remote input is not needed.
| SLiM | |
|---|---|
 SLiM default theme | |
| Type of | Display manager |
| Developers | Simone Rota and Johannes Winkelmann |
| Written on | C ++ |
| operating system | Linux , BSD , other Unix-like |
| Latest version | 1.3.6 (October 2, 2013) |
| condition | Production / Stable |
| License | GPL v2 |
| Site | sourceforge.net/projects... |
Features
- Support for PNG and XFT alpha transparency and font smoothing.
- Support and custom themes.
- Runtime Settings: X server, login / shutdown / reboot commands
- One ( GDM -like) or two ( XDM -like) input fields
- Automatic login (autologon) with pre-configured user account settings in the configuration.
- Customizable welcome / shutdown messages.
Dependencies
- X11
- libpng
- libjpeg
- freetype