GNOME Display Manager

 GDM provides the equivalent of a "login:" prompt for X displays: it
 asks for a login and starts X sessions.
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 It provides all the functionality of XDM, including XDMCP support for
 managing remote displays, and extends it with the ability to start X
 servers on demand.
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 The greeter is written using the GNOME libraries and hence looks like a
 GNOME application - even to the extent of supporting themes!
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 This package contains the next generation GDM, which was developed
 using the technologies on which GNOME 3 is based.