Entrance (display manager)
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, Entrance (icon), usually started with the Entrancedhttp://trac.enlightenment.org/e/wiki/Entrance display manager, is a display manager for the X Window System
X Window System
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designed with the Enlightenment
Enlightenment (window manager)
Enlightenment, also known simply as E, is a stacking window manager for the X Window System which can be used alone or in conjunction with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE...
window manager
X window manager
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in mind. In other words, it's a program that lets you log in to a (probably *nix-based) computer.
It is written using the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries
Enlightenment Foundation Libraries
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, a graphical toolkit written in C
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. Entrance allows animation and visual effects on the login screen.
Entrance is themeable, and is capable of launching different desktop environments from a list, as well as remembering users for auto-login. Customization is achieved by editing a database (/etc/entrance_config.cfg by default).
Entrance is the successor to a program called Elogin.
Similar programs include KDM, the KDE
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Display Manager, GDM
GNOME Display Manager
GDM provides a simpler to use alternative display manager for the X Window System's XDM.The X Window System by default uses the XDM display manager. However, resolving XDM configuration issues typically involves editing a configuration file. GDM allows users to customize or troubleshoot settings...
, the GNOME
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Display Manager and XDM, the default X Window System
X Window System
The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
Display Manager.
Its chief developer was Ibukun Olumuyiwa.
The name of Entrance may be a play on words, as the correct pronunciation hints at putting the user in a trance, though it is also the "entrance" to the graphical desktop.
Entrance has been on hiatus since around 2005.