If you simply install "bluer" and swap both included images, you'll already have a working LCARS login.
One remark though: I only did a 'quick 'n' dirty' color swap instead of remaking the graphics properly, and so is the result too—lacking and not very professional.
I'm not really seeing the easy. How do you get at to customize it? I installed it, chose SLim after it installed, rebooted, saw the changed login screen, but now what?!?
I did some quick research and saw that themes had to be created. So much for easy...
Like most on unix based OSes there's a text file available, that can be edited.
I don't use "slim" but I suspect there's a slim.conf file somewhere.....probably in /etc/.
To find it: "sudo find / | grep slim.conf"
I'm pretty sure there are some tutorials on the web. 
Anyone can look, but not everybody can see.
Start reading?
I posted three links above, and already the first one has a simple answer to "But now what?!?".
Five themes are included upon installation. More themes can be downloaded from the links I posted, and if none of the themes suit your taste and you want something different, you need to create it yourself, of course.
So much for your research skills...
And apropos "So much for easy..."
SLiM theme consists of "background.png" and "panel.png" graphics and a "slim.theme" configuration file with input text coordinates and style. Less than 25 lines of clear text. Easier than that is hardly possible.
It looks that way but I wanted to play with the greeter as that's something potential converts among my Windows and Mac clients would be able to easily use. Once I know what I'm doing in SLim and am able to explain how to use it to a child, I'll be able to recommend it to the power users in the client base. As is I can't use it as it is really slow to log in on my system.
Yes I saw the drawbacks of the theme.
SLim may have been dropped by the original dev but someone else is maintaining it now
Actually I am. I don't see why work can't be done in an environment that I can appreciate.
Damn now I'm curious.
Explanations not criticisms, Thank you.
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So much for your research skills...
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They're very good thank you very much. I have survived in IT for over years, working for corporate entities in various capacities (Windows Deployment Specialist/Technician, Network Admin, Sys Admin in the financial, legal and medical sectors in NYC, responsible for thousands of seats. If you can't reign your condescension in, please don't comment at all. Thank you. Neutral corners please.
Be careful what you try (unless in "impermutable mode", it's awesome for 
) as:
In general, most users run single user machines privately so auto-login on boot-up is the fastest and safest option IMO....the only caveat being a forgotten password which can easily be reset if needed (in the last part of):
All it takes is to compare the configuration files of three different layouts to understand it.
Just look at the files and read. Every child can figure it out in a couple of minutes.
Check the default "debian-softwaves", "hello" and "light_red", for example.
No, you didn't, and you proved it in:
Those who could see the drawbacks of the theme would answer something like:
However, we are not stopping you from using an environment that you can appreciate, and we also never claimed that work can't be done in suboptimal environments. An efficient environment looks different.
You didn't even download what I made especially for you and posted in another thread. Nobody else would want to have such a working environment. Easy to notice why if you try.
Curious about what? 
Screenshots of Thunar and SpaceFM are above, side-by-side, and even in an environment that you can appreciate.
Read explanations on links posted to help you and think before you write something like:
and
Thank you.
I was always wondering how something like:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/microsoft-lost-keys-government-hacked/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/08/half-of-australia-left-without-internet-or-phone-as-optus-crashes
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-cloud-outage-brings-down-google-services-spotify-apex-snapchat-and-more/
https://techhq.com/2020/12/3-biggest-public-cloud-outages-of-2020/
... is possible. Now I know. Thanks.
Now, back to the topic.
If we think of the look of your original request, and if you think about it, you'll find out that:
This means all you need to do is RTFM to position the input field in the right place on the screen and recolor it according to the background graphic and panel.
Backgrounds and panels can be easily made with Gimp. All it takes is some very basic image manipulation skills and some minimal planning.
This background is a remake of the one from your link. It is much bigger than the original.
Truth, but I wouldn't bring it in here if it were dangerous. It's in the Debian repository and available for installation per apt.
Thunar has a very serious usability issue:
It is rarely needed, but sometimes it can be very handy.
That looks of that login screen is nice and the following explanatory pics and text useful enough but ...... Not really as part of this tread i.e it'll get lost overtime and certainly hard to find.
Would you mind putting that all together as one useful "slim" installation and configuration Howto?
In respect to your thunar, which I'm not a super fan of either (it freezes on me too often) but it is very nicely scriptable, I'm not getting what your grievance is ...... that pic shows 3 thunars opening the same folder doesn't it or ....... is it just the "remember last time" option you're looking for?
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