[Linux-disciples] Why is gdm a daemon?

[Stephen R Laniel]

Why does GNOME run as a daemon? Why isn't it a program that
individual users can start and stop at will?

...Or have I been missing something all these years? It
suddenly occurs to me that maybe the reason it runs as a
daemon is *because* multiple users might need it. Instead of
running multiple copies of GNOME, run a daemon and then have
every user run a lighter-weight client version of it (a la
spamd/spamc). Is this how GNOME actually works? I've always
just run 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start'. Should I just always
leave that running and run some smaller 'client' instead?
 
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