The user account wallpaper transition feature has landed in Ubuntu 12.04 default login screen. The effect shows the desktop wallpaper of each user as accounts are scrolled through. Although the current implementation is not quite […]
What's planned for Ubuntu 12.04's login screen? A discussion at the ongoing Ubuntu Developer Summit revealed some tentative plans...
Easily change your login background with Simple LightDM Manager. The default login background image matches the default Ubuntu wallpaper. Chances are you've changed the latter, so why not the former?
Early demonstrations of Ubuntu 11.10’s new ‘login manager’ LightDM showed it changing wallpaper background based on the account selected. This feature has yet to appear in the current implementation rocking out in the Ubuntu beta, […]
Does a 3D animated login screen sound cool to you? Robert Ancell, the developer behind LightDM (Ubuntu 11.10’s new login manager) demoed a 3D animated login screen as part of his talk at the Desktop […]
After installing a recent batch of updates in Ubuntu 11.10 I booted back up to find a surprise waiting for me: the new LightDM login screen enabled by default: Note that the above screenshot is […]
'LightDM' will replace the standard 'GDM' login experience for Ubuntu 11.10, based on a decision taken today at the Ubuntu Developer Summit.