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Ly

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Ly is a lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD, designed with portability in mind (e.g. it does not require systemd to run).

Installation

Install the ly package. for xserver support install xorg-xauth

Dependencies

For the full Ly experience, Optionally install brightnessctl and durdrawAUR for screen brightness changer and custom animations.

Usage

Two steps are reqired to start Ly at boot. First make sure to enable ly@ttyX.service, then disable getty@ttyX.service where X stands for a number from 1 to 6.

Configuration

System-wide ly configuration files are in /etc/ly/config.ini while user configuration files are in ~/.config/ly

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