The X Display Manager (XDM) is the default

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for the

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. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone

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s that were just coming onto the market. It was written by

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. It can be configured using modules and scripts. Because of XDM's minimalism, most desktop environments tend to use later, more sophisticated display managers.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Xdm (Display Manager) Free system software Software using the MIT license X display managers Free software programmed in C Free software programmed in C++

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