BG Lim wrote:
>
> Which is the better one to use with starting X, either with startx or xdm?
>
> BG
>
Its not so much that one is better than another, rather they do things
differently. xdm is run during system boot so that users never see a
command line, they get a graphical (X) login screen. startx is not run
during bootup, so you are taken to the console command line at the end
of the boot process. startx is usually explicity run by the user at
anytime they want to run X. They can then exit X and still be able to
run X at a later time by running startx again.
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Ed C.
