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{{Short description|Display manager for the windowing systems X11}} {{Infobox software |screenshot = Screenshot of the KDE Display Manager.jpg |caption = |developer = [[KDE]] |latest_release_version = |programming_language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]] |operating_system = [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]], [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], other [[Unix-like]] |genre = [[X display manager]] | discontinued = yes | replaced_by = [[SDDM]] |license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]], [[X11 License|X11]] |website = {{URL|kde.org}} }} '''KDE Display Manager''' ('''KDM''') was a [[X display manager|display manager]] (a graphical login program) developed by [[KDE]] for the [[windowing system]]s [[X11]]. KDE Display Manager was based on the [[source code]] of [[XDM (display manager)|X display manager]]<ref>{{cite book | first = Roderick W. | last = Smith | title = CompTIA Linux+ Study Guide | page = 28 | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-0-470-50384-3 | publisher = Wiley Publishing, Inc. | location = Indianapolis, Indiana }}</ref> and was the default display manager of the [[KDE Software Compilation]], until it was retired in [[KDE Plasma 5]] in favour of [[Simple Desktop Display Manager|SDDM]].<ref name="Phoronix 2014-11-03">{{cite news|last=Larabel|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Larabel|date=3 November 2014|title=SDDM Is The Recommended Display Manager Of KDE Plasma 5|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTgyOTU|newspaper=[[Phoronix]]|access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref> KDM allowed the [[User (computing)|user]] to choose a [[desktop environment]] or [[window manager]] at login. KDM used the [[Qt (framework)|Qt]] [[application framework]]. It is configurable via KDE's [[System Settings]]; its appearance can be customized by the user. The default KDM login screen had a list of users. Each entry was comprised in the user's [[username]], [[personal name]] (if available), and an icon. Next to the list is a greeting and a picture. One of the customization options is to replace the picture with an [[analog clock]]. From this screen the user can also run a user management tool, [[Shutdown (computing)|shut down]] or [[Reboot (computing)|reboot]] the computer, or restart the X Window System. == See also == {{Portal|Free and open-source software}} * [[getty (Unix)|getty]] β a non-graphical login program * [[Simple Desktop Display Manager]] (SDDM), successor to KDM * [[GNOME Display Manager|GDM]], the [[GNOME]] display manager. * [[LightDM]], the Light display manager, was written for [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], now independent. == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * [http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kde-workspace/kdm/index.html The KDM Handbook] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111218170943/http://kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=41 KDM Themes (KDE-Look.org)] {{KDE}} {{XWinSys}} [[Category:KDE Software Compilation]] [[Category:Software that uses Qt]] [[Category:X display managers]]
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