Say Goodbye to LightDM, GNOME's GDM Login Manager Now Default in Ubuntu 17.10

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Canonical’s transition to the GNOME desktop environment for the upcoming Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) operating system, due for release later this year on October 19, 2017, continues with yet another major change.

The company behind the popular Linux-based operating system for desktops, servers, cloud, and IoT (Internet of Things) revealed last month its plans to replace the eye-candy LightDM login manager, which it used until now on numerous Ubuntu releases by default, with GNOME’s GDM (GNOME Display Manager).

The first major change of the Unity 7 to GNOME Shell transition came in early June when Canonical <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-10-daily-builds-now-shipping… (read more)

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