Original author(s) Written in C, C++ | Developer(s) X.Org Foundation Type X display manager | |
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Initial release October 1988; 28 years ago (1988-10) Stable release 1.1.11 / September 25, 2011; 5 years ago (2011-09-25) | ||
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.
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