Ly – A TUI Display Manager

Post by 1MachineElf » Sun, May 22, 2022, 1:24 AM UTC

doubled112 wrote: post #12

1MachineElf wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm interested in trying this out with i3. I've only just started using i3 and the default lightdm display manager (on NixOS) looks and feels out-of-place with it. Ly seems to be a logical next step.

Are you the only user? Do you always use i3? If yes to both, you could have your bashrc (or you shell's equivalent) start X and i3 on a TTY login? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit#Autostart_X_at_login

Post by Lester_Square » Sun, May 22, 2022, 6:25 AM UTC

rgoulter wrote: post #22

seqizz wrote: post #3

I envy nice display managers, they're the nostalgia for me. I'm not using one for a long time, thanks to disk encryption and auto-login.

> disk encryption and auto-login. How does this work? I'd think that auto-login is a convenience that reduces security, and disk encryption would only be meaningful with some factor of authentication?

Post by francoispon » Sun, May 22, 2022, 12:17 PM UTC

Lester_Square wrote: post #23

rgoulter wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> disk encryption and auto-login. How does this work? I'd think that auto-login is a convenience that reduces security, and disk encryption would only be meaningful with some factor of authentication?

You need to enter the key to decrypt the disk during the boot process, so having another password just to login is slightly unnecessary unless you have multiple users on the device