XDM (display manager)
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 A screenshot of an XDM login screen | |
| Original author(s) | Keith Packard |
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| Developer(s) | X.Org Foundation |
| Initial release | October 1988 |
| Stable release | 1.1.12
/ March 2, 2019[1] |
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| Written in | C, C++ |
| Type | X display manager |
| License | MIT License |
XDM (in full, the X 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 XDM's minimalism, most desktop environments tend to use later, more sophisticated display managers.
See also
References
- ^ Coopersmith, Alan (2019-03-02). "xdm 1.1.12". xorg-announce. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- Mui, Linda & Pearce, Eric (July 1993). X Window System Volume 8: X Window System Administrator's Guide for X11 Release 4 and Release 5 (softcover) (3rd ed.). O'Reilly and Associates. ISBN 0-937175-83-8.
- "XDM(1) manual page". X.Org.
External links
- xdm manual page.
- Taming The X Display Manager.
- Nielsen, Mark (July 1999). "Configuring XDM — a graphical login interface for Linux or UNIX". Linux Gazette. No. 43. Archived from the original on July 5, 2004.