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
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?
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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
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[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
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