# XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO

### Kevin Taylor

kevin@northants.lug.org.uk

Revision History
Revision v1.00 | 2002-05-16 | Revised by: KT
Minor updates to all sections. Added details of Windows/Linux interoperability. Added section on starting XDM. Added details of KDM and GDM. Added new software resources.
Revision v0.05 | 14 November 2000 | Revised by: KT
Added cross-references to other Howtos
Revision v0.04 | 6 November 2000 | Revised by: KT
Updates after first public draft.
Revision v0.03 | 3 July 2000 | Revised by: KT
Minor updates from first comments
Revision v0.02 | 28 June 2000 | Revised by: KT
First SGML source draft from HTML source
Revision v0.01 | 27 June 2000 | Revised by: KT
First HTML source draft

This document describes the basic ideas for using XDM to manage X terminals. It is not meant to be a comprehensive discussion of all the features of XDM, but a gentle introduction to what XDM can do.

For a full discussion about the installation and configuration of X terminals, please refer to the 'Thin-client' HOWTO, from the Linux Documentation Project or the Linux Terminal Server Project (see Section 7).

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