XDM

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released = October 1988
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XDM (in full, the X Window Display Manager) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market. It was written by Keith Packard.

Because of its lack of user-friendliness, users of GNOME, KDE or Enlightenment tend to use GDM, KDM or Entrance instead of XDM.

References

*Linda Mui and Eric Pearce, "X Window System Volume 8: X Window System Administrator's Guide for X11 Release 4 and Release 5, 3rd edition" (O'Reilly and Associates, July 1993; softcover ISBN 0-937175-83-8)
* [http://www.xfree86.org/current/xdm.1.html XDM(1) manual page] (XFree86.org)

External links

* [http://www.xfree86.org/current/xdm.1.html xdm manual page]
* [http://www.rru.com/~meo/pubsntalks/xrj/xdm.html Taming The X Display Manager]
* [http://linuxgazette.net/issue43/nielsen.xdm.html Configuring XDM — a graphical login interface for Linux or UNIX] (Mark Nielsen, "Linux Gazette" #43, July 1999)
* [http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_XDM_Login_Screen_Customization Gentoo Tip - configuring XDM with shutdown/reboot buttons and background image]