The Session Manager
A session is the collection of applications, settings, and resources present on the user’s desktop. Session management is a set of conventions and protocols that let the Session Manager save and restore a user’s session. When users log in to the desktop for the first time, a default initial session is loaded. Afterward, users can log in to the system and see the same set of running applications, settings, and resources that were present when they last logged out.
Session Manager is responsible for starting the desktop and automatically saving and restoring running applications, colors, fonts, mouse behavior, audio volume, and keyboard clicks. Using Session Manager, you can do the following:
Customize the initial session ...
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