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    Ubuntu Is Making Progress With Their Unity 8 Greeter On The Desktop

    Phoronix: Ubuntu Is Making Progress With Their Unity 8 Greeter On The Desktop

    Progress is being made on getting the Unity 8 Greeter working on the Ubuntu Desktop, which will work too even if logging into a Unity 7 session...

    Ubuntu Is Making Progress With Their Unity 8 Greeter On The Desktop - Phoronix
    http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Unity-8-Greeter-Desktop-Starts
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    Originally posted by phoronix View Post
    The Unity 8 Greeter is using LightDM on the back-end for the desktop version while Ubuntu Touch doesn't use LightDM and handles authentication with PAM directly.
    Why don't they use LightDM on the phone - or the other way around: Why is LightDM needed on the desktop?
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    • #3
      Originally posted by oleid View Post
      Why don't they use LightDM on the phone - or the other way around: Why is LightDM needed on the desktop?
      I'm going to guess that it has to do with either power efficiency or compatibility on the phone and development priorities on the desktop.
      Last edited by ssokolow; 23 September 2015, 09:32 AM.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by oleid View Post
        Why don't they use LightDM on the phone - or the other way around: Why is LightDM needed on the desktop?
        LightDM is display manager for X.
        Ubuntu phone does not use X, it uses Mir.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by uid313 View Post

          LightDM is display manager for X.
          Ubuntu phone does not use X, it uses Mir.

          GDM used to be a display manager for X, too. Now it runs on X and Wayland and can launch both sessions.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by uid313 View Post
            LightDM is display manager for X.
            Ubuntu phone does not use X, it uses Mir.
            Canonical announced Mir compatibility for LightDM years ago but apparently it's like so many of Canonical's announcements: Nothing but hot air.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Awesomeness View Post

              Canonical announced Mir compatibility for LightDM years ago but apparently it's like so many of Canonical's announcements: Nothing but hot air.

              It's in the cloud

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              • #8
                Originally posted by profoundWHALE View Post


                It's in the cloud
                Hot air, clouds? when's it going to rain?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Luke_Wolf View Post

                  Hot air, clouds? when's it going to rain?

                  Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 'Raining Rabbits'?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by ssokolow View Post

                    I'm going to guess that it has to do with either power efficiency or compatibility on the phone and development priorities on the desktop.
                    I wouldn't mind a power efficient desktop, too

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