{"id":4007,"date":"2026-08-13T03:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/lightdm-makes-a-comeback-first-release-in-four-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T03:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:00:42","slug":"lightdm-makes-a-comeback-first-release-in-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/lightdm-makes-a-comeback-first-release-in-four-years\/","title":{"rendered":"LightDM Makes a Comeback: First Release in Four Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LightDM Makes a Comeback with New Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LightDM, the former display manager for Ubuntu, has recently seen its first update in four years, now under a new team of maintainers. The newly released version, <strong>LightDM v1.33.0<\/strong>, introduces support for Qt6 while still maintaining compatibility with Qt5 and addressing a backlog of fixes that had accumulated since the last release in 2022. Importantly, users can expect no breaking changes from this update.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being perceived as a legacy project, LightDM remains in use across various Linux distributions and desktop environments. Initially developed by Canonical to replace GDM, LightDM was introduced in Ubuntu 11.10 as a lightweight and adaptable alternative. Ubuntu transitioned away from LightDM in 2017 in favor of GNOME Shell and GDM, but other distributions, including some Ubuntu flavors, continued to utilize it.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, development activity on LightDM came to a halt, leading to discussions about its future. Concerns raised by Fedora&#8217;s Neal Gompa highlighted its importance in powering login screens for various Fedora spins. Fortunately, interest from the community led to a new wave of maintainers stepping up, culminating in a formal handover from the original maintainer, Robert Ancell.<\/p>\n<p>Now managed by <em>Joshua Peisach<\/em> and <em>Neal Gompa<\/em>, LightDM is an open community project, allowing contributors to engage without the previous Canonical Contributor License Agreement (CLA) stipulations. This revival suggests that LightDM&#8217;s ongoing relevance, 15 years post-launch, reflects a diversity of needs within the Linux community, challenging narratives around Canonical&#8217;s past decisions.<\/p>\n<p>For further details, you can read more about LightDM&#8217;s updates <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ubuntu\/lightdm\/releases\/tag\/1.33.0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LightDM Makes a Comeback with New Release LightDM, the former display manager for Ubuntu, has recently seen its first update in four years, now&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1451,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lightdm","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LightDM Makes a Comeback: First Release in Four Years! 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