Qingy Is Not Getty 0.9.3 review

qingy is a replacement for getty

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Michele Noberasco

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qingy is a replacement for getty. It uses DirectFB to provide a fast, nice GUI without the overhead of the X Windows System.

Qingy Is Not Getty project allows the user to log in and start the session of his choice (text console, GNOME, KDE, wmaker, etc.).

Here are some key features of "Qingy Is Not Getty":
It remembers last user who logged in, with focus on password
It also rememebers last session each user chose
Alternatively it remembers last session on a per-tty basis
Fully themable
A theme will look the same on all machines, independently of the resolution
You can select your favourite theme, or a random one every time
Both text and X sessions are supported
You can start more that one X session at once
You can even start X inside a console when X sessions are already running
PAM support
Support for screen savers
Auto log-in support
Session locking support
tty specific options support
Customizable key bindings.
Text mode support

What's New in This Release:
This release fixes compilation issues with OpenSSL.