User preference for minimalist X11 text-mode computing environment
Key claims
- Using X in text-only mode provides a superior, calming computing experience.
- A college student's whim OpenVMS license application was approved in about a day, and they now have no concrete goals beyond eventually running CDE via X11.
Volume over time
Peak 1 mentions/hour · 2 hourly buckets
Source threads (2)
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- /g/109558653 ↗ live · archive amused evergreen 5 replies A college student's whim OpenVMS license application was approved in about a day, and they now have no concrete goals beyond eventually running CDE via X11.
- /g/109553219 ↗ live · archive appreciative evergreen 2 replies Using X in text-only mode provides a superior, calming computing experience.
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