display manager
The graphical login screen, such as GDM or SDDM, that starts the chosen desktop session once a user signs in.
In more detail
It runs as a systemd service, and display-manager.service points at the one in use. Its settings decide things like automatic login and whether Wayland is offered.
Related terms
- desktop environment — A complete graphical desktop, such as GNOME, KDE Plasma or Xfce, with its own panels, file manager and settings tools.
- X Window System — The classic Linux graphics system, in which an X server draws windows for client programs that may run on the same or another machine.
Taught in
- Desktops, Remote Screens And Accessibility — LPIC-1 Linux Administrator (101-500 and 102-500) Exam Prep