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How to migrate from X11 to Wayland?

Posted by Alex On February 12, 2024

Table of contents 1. Is Wayland or X11 better? 2. You may already be using Wayland 3. Which desktop environments support Wayland 4. Which display managers support Wayland 5. How to run Wayland 6. Setting up applications to work with Wayland 6.1 Setting up Firefox to work with Wayland 6.2 Setting up Google Chrome to work with Wayland 6.3 Setting...

How to change Display manager and login screen in Linux

Posted by Alex On February 11, 2024

Table of contents 1. What is Display manager 2. What is needed to change Display manager 3. What types of display managers are there? 4. How to Find Out Which Display Manager is Used on Linux 4.1 Display-manager.service status 4.2 Symbolic link /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service 5. How to change Display Manager 6. How to install the new Display Manager on Debian, Ubuntu,...

How to enable automatic login in Linux (GDM, LightDM, SDDM)

Posted by Alex On April 9, 2023

Table of contents 1. How to find out which display manager is being used 2. Automatic login to GDM 3. Automatic login to LightDM 4. How to set up automatic login in Linux with SDDM When booting into Linux, it first starts the Display Manager, which asks us to enter a username and password, and if we enter the correct data,...

How to set up automatic login in Linux with SDDM

Posted by Alex On April 9, 2023

SDDM is an X11 and Wayland display manager based on QML. In my Linux installations, the SDDM display manager performed better than GDM, LightDM. So if you're having trouble with other display managers, try SDDM. Make sure that the OS uses SDDM: systemctl status display-manager The line sddm.service - Simple Desktop Display Manager confirms that SDDM is used as the...