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>XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO</TITLE
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NAME="AEN2">XDM and X Terminal mini-HOWTO</H1
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>Kevin Taylor</A
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> kevin@northants.lug.org.uk<br>
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>Revision History</B
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><TR
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>Revision v1.00</TD
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>2002-05-16</TD
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>Revised by: KT</TD
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>Minor updates to all sections. Added details of Windows/Linux interoperability.
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Added section on starting XDM. Added details of KDM and GDM. Added new software
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resources.</TD
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>Revision v0.05</TD
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>14 November 2000</TD
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>Revised by: KT</TD
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>Added cross-references to other Howtos</TD
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>Revision v0.04</TD
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>6 November 2000</TD
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>Updates after first public draft.</TD
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>3 July 2000</TD
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>Minor updates from first comments</TD
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>28 June 2000</TD
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>27 June 2000</TD
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> This document describes the basic ideas for using XDM to manage
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X terminals. It is not meant to be a comprehensive discussion
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of all the features of XDM, but a gentle introduction to what XDM
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can do.
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> For a full discussion about the installation and configuration
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of X terminals, please refer to the 'Thin-client' HOWTO, from
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the Linux Documentation Project or the Linux Terminal Server Project
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(see <A
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HREF="resources.html"
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>Section 7</A
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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>Introduction</A
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>Copyright Information</A
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>New Versions</A
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>Credits</A
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>Feedback</A
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>To do</A
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>What is covered</A
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>About this document</A
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>3. <A
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>XDM</A
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>What is XDM</A
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>3.2. <A
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HREF="xdm.html#XDM-XTERM"
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>What is an X terminal</A
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HREF="xdm.html#XDM-TERMS"
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>Some Terminology</A
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>What can XDM do</A
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>Configuring XDM</A
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>Configuration Files</A
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>Configuring XDM to Manage X Servers</A
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>Configuring XDM to Receive Queries</A
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>Starting X</A
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>Starting XDM</A
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>The Chooser Application</A
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>Configuration Sets</A
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HREF="xdm-advconfig.html#X-RESOURCES"
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>Linux to Linux</A
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