> 2- Isn't it better to use a login manager that is 1- graphical and 2- uses the same GUI tech as your DE A text only login manager could spare some more resou

> 2- Isn't it better to use a login manager that is 1- graphical and 2- uses the same GUI tech as your DE A text only login manager could spare some more resources on small systems, since once the desktop environment has been loaded it keeps running anyway. I use LightDM and XFCE for example, and if I look at LightDM memory consumption, the amount although not huge is neither trivial; I guess small embedded devices would benefit from this. $ sudo pmap `pidof lightdm` 2021: lightdm --session-child 14 23 000055728c276000 28K r---- lightdm 000055728c27d000 168K r-x-- lightdm 000055728c2a7000 76K r---- lightdm .... .... total 163696K 1795: /usr/sbin/lightdm 0000555cca10b000 28K r---- lightdm 0000555cca112000 168K r-x-- lightdm 0000555cca13c000 76K r---- lightdm .... .... total 236188K