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xfce4-session - Session Manager

Introduction

Xfce4-session is a session manager for Xfce. Its task is to save the state of your desktop (opened applications and their location) and restore it during a next startup. You can create several different sessions and choose one of them on startup.


General

  • Preferences – Configure the behaviour of the session manager
  • Logout Dialog – The logout dialog and more information about power management handling
  • Frequently Asked Question – Tips and tricks related to xfce4-session
  • Advanced – Advanced information about environment variables and kiosk mode
  • Known Issues – Read this if xfce4-session causes trouble

Latest Release

  • xfce4-session 4.19.3 released (2024/11/01 21:24)
    xfce4-session 4.19.3 is now available for download from https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-session/4.19/xfce4-session-4.19.3.tar.bz2 https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-session/4.19/xfce4-session-4.19.3.tar.bz2?sha1 https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-session/4.19/xfce4-session-4.19.3.tar.bz2?sha256 What is xfce4-session? ====================== The Xfce session manager controls the loading of applications when Xfce is started. It also handles logging out, shutting down, and rebooting. Website: https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/start Release notes for 4.19.3 ======================== [Please note that this is a development release.] Development release on the master branch Changelog: - manager: Fix SmsClientHostName leak - Fix leaks in xfsm_properties_load - manager: Fix leaks in xfsm_manager_load_failsafe - Added missing Keywords entry to .desktop files - manager: Fix string array leak - Fix string leak in main() - Fix leaks in settings_list_sessions_open_key_file - manager: Fix string leaks - build: Bump requirements for Xfce 4.20 - logout-dialog: Fix use-after-free when getting logout action - Apply .clang-format file - Fix gtk-layer-shell includes - Add xapp for Background xfce-portals.conf - manager: Fix wrong release function - Add css class for session chooser - scan-build: Fix unix.Malloc - scan-build: Add false positive file - build: clang: Fix -Wcast-align - build: Fix -Werror=unused-variable - Revert "Add new CI builds to build without X11 and Wayland" - build: Fix check for _IceTransNoListen Translation Updates: Albanian, Asturian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (United Kingdom), Estonian, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Occitan (post 1500), Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish

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