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--- pkgsrc/x11/gdm/Attic/DESCR	2003/05/06 17:43:08	1.2
+++ pkgsrc/x11/gdm/Attic/DESCR	2004/01/20 13:41:06	1.3
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-The Gnome Display Manager is a re-implementation of the well known xdm
-program. gdm 2.0beta4 implements all significant features required for
-managing local and remote displays.
-
-gdm daemon:
- o X Authentication
- o Default and per-display initialization scripts
- o Pre and post session scripts
- o Pluggable Authentication Modules
- o XDMCP
- o TCP Wrappers for access control
-
-gdmlogin:
- o Logo image
- o Halt and reboot
- o Iconified login window
- o Session selection support
- o Language selection support
- o Face browser
-
-gdmchooser:
- o Visual host browser
- o Customizable icons
+GDM is the GNOME Display Manager, it is the little proggie that runs
+in the background, runs your X sessions, presents you with a login box
+and then tells you to piss off because you forgot your password. It
+does pretty much everything that you would want to use xdm for, but
+doesn't involve as much crack.  It doesn't use any code from xdm, and
+has a more paranoid and safer design overall.  It also includes many
+features over xdm, the biggest one of which is that it is more user
+friendly, even if your X setup is failing.  The goal is that users
+should never, ever have to use the command line to customize or
+troubleshoot gdm.  It of course supports xdmcp, and in fact extends
+xdmcp a little bit in places where I thought xdm was lacking (but is
+still compatible with xdm's xdmcp).