X from the sources

[Valter Nogueira]

have you installed X from the sources or from a Ubuntu repository?

Valter
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2012/2/13 Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>

> On 13 February 2012 20:29, Valter Nogueira <valter at fastway.com.br> wrote:
> > Every time I think about X, windows managers, desktop environments and
> soon
> > I get nuts.
> >
> > So, my intention is start from ubuntu server (non-gui) and install X and
> > windows managers from the sources.
> >
> > Does someone have some tip or advice?
>
> Not really. I've done it - it's not all that hard, not if you're just
> using packages from the repositories.
>
> I built a WindowMaker system that way - it was fine.
>
> Things to know:
>
> * most WMs don't seem to depend on X directly, which seems odd to me
> * the default X install includes twm, I believe, so you can use X
> without a separate WM
> * if you want graphical login, you'll need a desktop manager as well,
> e.g. xdm or wdm.
>
> I did it in this order:
>
> [1] install base system
> [2] install X, get it working
> [3] install WM
> [4] install DM
>
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