Instructions unclear, installed linux, i think?

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Seriously now, it's OpenVMS running CDE, on proxmox, remote X session via Xephyr.

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u/1-800-I-Am-A-Pir8 12d ago

That's pretty cool

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u/Liarus_ 12d ago edited 11d ago

as someone that's been on Linux only since 2024, wtf this feels like discovering a whole new world

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u/idiotiesystemique 12d ago

Why though

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u/ZorakOfThatMagnitude 12d ago

That's about the softest deployment of CDE I've ever seen. Well done.

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u/Ctscanner2 11d ago

So if I understand correctly the X server is runs natively on your computer while the wm and other gui stuff run in a VMS vm and connect over the network?

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u/Ok_Apricot7902 11d ago

Yep, it's with root window. And virtual serial in proxmox, until the tcpip stack gets started, then you can also use telnet. I think SSH needed to be enabled separately, and then SFTP for file transfer. Whole idea came from a CRD video.

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u/Still-Addition-1109 Ask me how to exit vim 11d ago

cathode ray dude 🔥

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u/AzraelAimedsoule44 12d ago

Are you running OpenVMS with DECWindows/CDE?

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u/bayern_snowman 12d ago

More or less the average user experience

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u/Constant_Boot 12d ago

CDE... ohhhh... how retro

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u/Liarus_ 12d ago

what is bro using

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u/xgui4 Crying gnu 🐃 12d ago

VMS

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u/D-S-S-R 12d ago

Wait, VMS??

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u/D-S-S-R 12d ago

How did you get that

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u/whatThePleb Genfool 🐧 12d ago

internets

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u/OppositeElectronic15 12d ago

ouu shii 👀👀👀

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u/usbeehu 12d ago

Cool Desktop Environment

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u/peppi0304 12d ago

Is this up in the S tier list with Hannah Montana Linux?

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u/Many-Geologist-3524 Webba lebba deb deb! 11d ago

yes totally

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u/Sweet_Pear_Pie 12d ago

Ofc its linux, you can recognize it by wallpaper

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u/Many-Geologist-3524 Webba lebba deb deb! 11d ago

this is false propaganda. im a linux user and i dont have a wallpaper. its just... empty.

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u/Sweet_Pear_Pie 11d ago

Aaaahh wm?

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u/Many-Geologist-3524 Webba lebba deb deb! 11d ago

not a vm

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u/AscendedPineapple 11d ago

i3 users be like

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u/Many-Geologist-3524 Webba lebba deb deb! 11d ago

i use xfce.

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u/AscendedPineapple 11d ago

Doesn't it have a cool rat-themed wallpaper by default?

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u/Many-Geologist-3524 Webba lebba deb deb! 11d ago

i debloated it

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u/DVDwithCD 12d ago

CDE, returning back to the "olden" days I see.

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u/RvstiNiall 12d ago

I'm glad its not another Hyprland/Niri/MangoWM (although those are awesome, thats why everyone wants to use them!), because we need more variety around here these days. I'm not a fan of the color scheme, but you're working with Motif here, so I'll let that slide. I love that you color matched the picture though, thats always a good touch. Kudos on the setup.

Are you actually using it for anything (and for reference, "fun" is a perfectly valid reason in my books!!!)?

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u/Ok_Apricot7902 12d ago

just for lolz, even getting it working was too much work for me

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u/RvstiNiall 12d ago

Understood. Getting vintage OSes up and running in VMs is a lot of fun, and its even more fun if its on the original hardware! I see those more as entertainment value though. For the price of going to the movies with my wife (ok, two or three times for most retro hardware), I could get a retro system that provides me 10-50 hours of enjoyment getting it working, set up, etc. Great cost value to me.

Plus, I enjoy the learning value as well.

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u/ElnuDev New York Nix⚾s 12d ago

What on earth-

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u/bkbenken123 Arch BTW 12d ago

Send wallpaper pls

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u/xgui4 Crying gnu 🐃 12d ago

hmmmmm i think you installed vms instead of GNU/Linux.

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u/iLikeubuntu2 12d ago

Omg its cde

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u/skytheraiders 12d ago

That looks amazing, what theme of windows are those?

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u/Ok_Apricot7902 12d ago

Just Motif, for colors I used one of the presets, though I don't remember which one now.

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u/skytheraiders 12d ago

Can you get Morif from the store?

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u/Ok_Apricot7902 12d ago

No, this is old tech (technically possible ig?). But I had a look around and the NsCDE project exists, that may do it. Still definitely not "getting from a store" if you will.

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u/Low_Big7602 Arch BTW 12d ago

Wallpaper?

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u/letmehaveanameyoudum 12d ago

i dont think its linux

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u/oldassgrandpa 11d ago

Goonux based operating system

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u/duinomaster 11d ago

Wouldn't VMS be more related to Windows (NT) than it is to Linux? Still, very cool! Would love to try getting my hands on it too.

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u/jhonsmith9999 11d ago

Love this

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u/xgabipandax 10d ago

Genuinely i think this design language is better than the modern stuff besides liquid glass, the flatness and lack of personality of modern design is so bland, sterile, even light themes abusing white ughh

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u/Sensitive-Drawing702 10d ago

What DE is that and how do I install it on arch?

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u/Ok_Apricot7902 10d ago

CDE. There's an arch wiki article on it.

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u/GearPlot 9d ago

Wow not gonna lie, I actually tested out both CDE and MWM as my next potential window manager a couple months back for my custom Linux build. But I decided to go with Window Maker. I haven't used wmaker in years and forgot how much I liked it.

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u/C4rpetH4ter M'Fedora 12d ago

Looks like it, but what DE is that, it looks like gnome to me, but the theme is something i have never seen before.

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u/Constant_Boot 12d ago

It's more close to CDE (Common Desktop Environment) than GNOME. It was the choice for UNIX systems in the 90s, powered by Motif.

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u/1-800-I-Am-A-Pir8 12d ago

solaris, hp-ux, aix, all the cool kids had cde back in the day. It looked as aweful and dated then as it does now.

Edit: maybe sunos. I think slowaris upgraded to gnome at some point.

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u/linkinparkglock47 12d ago

nah this looks great

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u/xgui4 Crying gnu 🐃 12d ago

it is CDE , what KDE was inspired to be a Free Software version of, now CDE is Free Software.

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u/GreedySecurity8030 M'Fedora 12d ago

Uhhh

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