XDM (display manager)
The X Display Manager (XDM) 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.
 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 |
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| Written in | C, C++ |
| Type | X display manager |
| License | MIT License |
It can be configured using modules and scripts.[2]
Because of XDM's minimalism, most desktop environments tend to use later, more sophisticated display managers.
See also
References
- "[ANNOUNCE] xdm 1.1.14". 3 December 2022. Archived from the original on 30 July 2023.
- "freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xdm". GitLab. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
Further reading
- 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.
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