Ditch Your Display Manager, Use Startx Instead · The Kernal
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When you boot into your Linux desktop, what do you see? If you are using the desktop version of most Linux distros, such as Debian, Fedora, or Ubuntu, you are going to see a display manager, or, more commonly referred to as a “login manager”. While these have a use, especially if you are someone who has multiple graphical interfaces that you switch through on a regular basis, for many people, they may as well be useless. So, if you would like to skip the hassle, and get right into your X session as fast as possible without any fancy GUI, I will show you how to remove your login manager, edit your .xinitrc, and then start Xorg.
  • mogoh@lemmy.ml
    16·
    4 years ago

    Why would that be faster? I just type my password and I am in. If I would not use a display manager I would have to type my username, my password and then startx. It’s only slower.

  • toneverends@lemmy.ml
    4·
    4 years ago

    Fuck yeah. This is the way. Been doing this since I came to the installation step of “install a display manager” and wondered “why?”

  • nachtigall@feddit.de
    51·
    4 years ago

    Something I would miss without a login manager would be the start of the D-Bus session bus, or the unlocking of the system keyring.

    • sasalzig@lemmy.ml
      1·
      4 years ago

      Does that stuff still happen? I didn’t try this but I had kinda hoped this stuff got fixed with the introduction of systemd.

      • nachtigall@feddit.de
        21·
        4 years ago

        I think so. With corresponding user services this should not be a problem. I am not sure though since my machines run openrc and runit.

  • savoy
    1·
    4 years ago

    😒🤚display manager

    😏 👉 startx

    i’ve never tested start-up times with each but startx just makes a lot more sense when you’re just using a WM manager anyway. bonus points for looking cool and impressing your non-tech friends when logging in though