XDM (display manager)

This article is about the X Window Display Manager. XDM also refers to the XML data model used in XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, and XQuery

XDM

A screenshot of an XDM login screen
Original author(s)	Keith Packard
Developer(s)	X.Org Foundation
Initial release	October 1988 (1988-10)
Stable release	1.1.11 / September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)
Written in	C, C++
Type	X display manager
License	MIT License
Website	{{#property:P856}}

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 XDM's minimalism, most desktop environments tend to use later, more sophisticated display managers.

See also

• Other display managers

External links

• cs:X display manager