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 4.21.1 released (2025/12/29 17:55)xfce4-session 4.21.1 is now available for download from https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-session/4.21/xfce4-session-4.21.1.tar.xz https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-session/4.21/xfce4-session-4.21.1.tar.xz?sha1 https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-session/4.21/xfce4-session-4.21.1.tar.xz?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 4.21.1 ======================== [Please note that this is a development release.] - build: Rename POTFILES.in to POTFILES - build: Fix typo in optimization level - startxfce4: Prioritize XKBLAYOUT over KEYMAP for kbd layout on wayland - manager: Avoid use-after-free in idle function - I18n: Update po/LINGUAS list - labwc: Let amixer use system default mixer - README.md: Add uninstall info - wayland: startxfce4: Remove definition of SDL_VIDEODRIVER variable - Update README after switchover to meson - Remove autotools build - Add xapp for Settings in xfce-portals.conf - startxfce4: Add check for /etc/vconsole.conf - labwc: Add some default config values - xfce-portals.conf: Add wlr for ScreenCast - startxfce4: Improve keyboard layout detection on wayland - wayland: start a D-Bus session only if there isn't one already - Use syntax compatible with most sh shells. - labwc: Add window snapping range - build: Fix include order on *BSD - autotools-build: Be sure gdbus-codegen files are regenerated - Translation Updates: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian (Armenia), Asturian, Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan), Basque, Belarusian, Belarusian (Tarask), Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Eastern Armenian, English (Australia), English (Canada), English (United Kingdom), Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Interlingue, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan (post 1500), Persian (Iran), Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Venetian, Vietnamese