minimal CD --> startx

[chris]

On Sun, 2012-09-16 at 17:18 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 16 September 2012 09:20, chris <chevhq at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2012-09-16 at 09:22 +0200, Patrick Asselman wrote:
> >> On 2012-09-16 01:53, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> >> > hi,
> >> > On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:40:02 +0100
> >> > Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> And what exactly does one *do* with this, that is the question?
> >> >>
> >> >> It ain't "X-Windows" if there aren't any windows. ;¬)
> >> >>
> >> > wow, i love that we have this discussion since it reminds me how far
> >> > linux on the desktop has come since people like i started using
> >> > it ...
> >> >
> >> > had you started where i come from then you would have used a desk
> >> > calculator to compute the proper modelines for your CRT by hand
> >> > (always
> >> > being anxious because you know a single wrong number could fry the
> >> > thing into an irreparable boulder)
> >> >
> >> > anyway, back to the topic, after you would have successfully started
> >> > your new X the only thing that would show up was an unmanaged xterm
> >> > window in the top left of your screen after you ran startx ...
> >> >
> >> > and guess what, that didnt change til today ;) ... and you can do a
> >> > lot
> >> > with an unmanaged xterm (compile a window manager and run it for
> >> > example)
> >> >
> >> > its really good to see that only old farts like me seem to remember
> >> > this and that its knowledge thats only good for an anecdote in a ML
> >> > today because our system got so far ...
> >> >
> >> > but in any case: sudo apt-get install xorg && startx
> >> > gets you actually something to work with, there is exactly one window
> >> > and it is unmanaged.
> >> >
> >> > ciao
> >> >     oli
> >>
> >> Thank you for making me feel like an old fart :-(
> >> It's not that long ago, is it? Please? Someone? Anyone? Waaaaah!
> >>
> >> But yeah, this sort of cr at p was needed back then.
> >> I still remember the first graphic terminals at university where you
> >> could have a look at the hand-uudecoded-and-merged fractal picture files
> >> you downloaded from the news server. Only to find out later that it had
> >> cost more cpu seconds than you were allowed to use.
> >>
> >> Mind you, i'm not that old that I have worked on ye olde VAX/VMS
> >> machines, hmkay?
> >
> > I have.:-(
> 
> Why the sad smiley? 
Cause I no longer have access to one.
Can still hit on a Dec 10 though